bucklenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbʌk.əl/us/ˈbʌk.əl/a piece of metal at one end of a belt or strap, used to fasten the two ends together
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Fasteners for clothes
- belt
- button
- button fly
- button-through
- buttonhole
- clasp
- cufflink
- cummerbund
- flies
- fly
- hook and eye
- lace
- lace sth up
- popper
- press stud
- snap
- Velcro
- zip
- zip sth/sb up
- zipper
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buckleverb
uk/ˈbʌk.əl/us/ˈbʌk.əl/buckle verb (FASTEN)
[ T or I ] to fasten or be fastened with a buckle
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Fasteners for clothes
- belt
- button
- button fly
- button-through
- buttonhole
- clasp
- cufflink
- cummerbund
- flies
- fly
- hook and eye
- lace
- lace sth up
- popper
- press stud
- snap
- Velcro
- zip
- zip sth/sb up
- zipper
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buckle verb (BEND)
[ T or I ] to bend something or become bent, often as a result of force, heat, or weakness:
The intense heat from the fire had caused the factory roof to buckle.
Both wheels on the bicycle had been badly buckled.
I felt faint and my knees began to buckle.
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Bending, twisting and curving
- bent
- bowed
- contort
- convoluted
- convolution
- crook
- fluted
- intertwine
- interweave
- knot
- matted
- meander
- meandering
- roil
- twine
- twisted
- twisty
- warp
- warped
- wring
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buckle verb (BE DEFEATED)
buckle under sth
to be defeated by a difficult situation:
But these were difficult times and a lesser man would have buckled under the strain.
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Coping and not coping
- balancing act
- be left holding the baby idiom
- bear up
- bite
- bite off more than you can chew idiom
- cut
- head
- hold
- keep the wolf from the door idiom
- keep your head above water idiom
- keep/hold your end up idiom
- live (from) hand to mouth idiom
- live to fight another day idiom
- manage
- roll
- stride
- subsist
- subsistence
- take sth in your stride idiom
- wolf
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buckled
adjective uk/ˈbʌk.əld/us/ˈbʌk.əld/
a tightly buckled belt
Phrasal verb(s)
buckle down
buckle up