buckle

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[ US /ˈbəkəɫ/ ]
[ UK /bˈʌkə‍l/ ]

VERB

fasten with a buckle or buckles
fold or collapse
His knees buckled
bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
The highway buckled during the heat wave

NOUN

fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong
a shape distorted by twisting or folding

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How To Use buckle In A Sentence

It's that last part Buckley is singing about, but he probably should have considered penning a few lines to himself regarding the "musician gone too soon" part.
In many places, glittering among the clothes, were gold and silver coins, a few silver ornaments such as buckles, and watches -- things not missed by the pirates in the transport of their flight. The Frozen Pirate
A swingle-tree hung at the pole's end, and a second pair of reins was fast to the driver's seat, the four cheek-buckles lying crossed over the wheeler's backs. Ambrotox and Limping Dick
He buckled them into place with a strap that dented my forehead, and gave me a wire to bite. Times, Sunday Times
He reached to his waist and undid the belt buckle as he was talking to the corpsman.
When she reached down to unbuckle her tool belt, she stopped: the gun. FOLLY
A dashing swashbuckler of love, loss, and revenge in the midst of a plot to hide a conspiracy involving Napoleon's return to power.
She took a leather strap and buckled it around my wrist, attaching the dagger to it, pulling the sleeve down to conceal the weapon.
Yet he never buckled, never once cracked and instead showed a strength of character that even I, his friend for years, didn't know he possessed.
I didn't grow much until I was about fourteen by which time it was still functioning as a mini gaberdine raincoat as per the fashion and with the belt buckled around the back as you did. Harbingers

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