Crossword-Solution: BUCKLE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Buckle | 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. |
| Buckle | n. | A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal. |
| Buckle | n. | A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled. |
| Buckle | n. | A contorted expression, as of the face. |
| Buckle | n. | To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness. |
| Buckle | n. | To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted. |
| Buckle | n. | To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively. |
| Buckle | n. | To join in marriage. |
| Buckle | v. i. | To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink. |
| Buckle | v. i. | To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall. |
| Buckle | v. i. | To yield; to give way; to cease opposing. |
| Buckle | v. i. | To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BUCKLE | anagram | LUBECK |
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Sentences with BUCKLE (5)
She trusts us.” “How awful it’s been these last three months.” Signa held the lantern so that he could see to buckle the straps.
Here,” he added, turning to the soldiers, “the buckle-end of your two belts to this confounded Jew.” As the soldiers obediently unbuckled their heavy leather belts, the Jew set up a howl that surely would have been enough to bring all the patriarchs out of Hades and elsewhere, to defend their descendant from the brutality of this French official.
First I had him sketch upon the stone floor of our cell as accurate a map of the south polar regions as was possible with the crude instruments at our disposal—a buckle from my harness, and the sharp edge of the wondrous gem I had taken from Sator Throg.
Come, buckle to your paddle, and let’s get along.” I buckled to my paddle and they laid to their oars.
Once the chords began to buckle, there were thousands of tons of ironwork, all riveted together and lying in midair without support.
Quotes with BUCKLE (3)
She was so stupid. He was just another cowboy looking for someone to shine his buckle, and she’d fallen for it. What a fool. But, she wasn’t a fool anymore. She knew who and what she was, and that man was not coming back into her life. No matter how sexy he still was.
My Papa's Waltz: The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy. We romped until the pans Slid from the kitchen shelf; My mother's countenance Could not unfrown itself. The hand that held my wrist Was battered on one knuckle; At every step you missed My right ear scraped a buckle. You beat time on my head With a palm caked hard by dirt, Then waltzed me off to bed Still clinging to your shirt.
But if as you read this book you're saying to yourself: "I'd rather be miserably married than be alone." Well young lady, take out your clown shoes and buckle your seat belt - it's going to be a very bumpy one-woman circus.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, LAT, Newsday, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1996–2020).