Word Meaning

buckled definition and meaning

n. A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.
n. A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.
n. A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.
n. A contorted expression, as of the face.
n. To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.
n. To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.
n. To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.
n. To join in marriage.
v. i. To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.
v. i. To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.
v. i. To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
v. i. To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.
imp. & p. p. of Buckle

Crossword clues for buckled

- Belt clasp
- Belt fastener
- Belt part
- Go weak at the knees
- Bent out of shape
- Crumpled
- Strange luck? Deb collapsed!
- Warped