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noun
1.
a clasp consisting of a rectangular or curved rim with one or more movable tongues, fixed to one end of a belt or strap, used for fastening to the other end of the same strap or to another strap.
2.
any similar contrivance used for such purposes.
3.
an ornament of metal, beads, etc., of similar appearance.
4.
a bend, bulge, or kink, as in a board or saw blade.
verb (used with object)
5.
to fasten with a buckle or buckles: Buckle your seat belt.
6.
to shrivel, by applying heat or pressure; bend; curl.
7.
to prepare (oneself) for action; apply (oneself) vigorously to something.
8.
to bend, warp, or cause to give way suddenly, as with heat or pressure.
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Buckle down
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
verb (used without object)
Verb phrases9.
to close or fasten with a buckle: Grandmother always wore shoes that buckled.
10.
to prepare oneself or apply oneself: The student buckled to the lesson.
11.
to bend, warp, bulge, or collapse: The bridge buckled in the storm.
12.
to yield, surrender, or give way to another (often followed by under): She refused to take the medicine, but buckled under when the doctor told her to.
13.
14.
buckle up, to fasten one's belt, seat belt, or buckles: She won't start the car until we've all buckled up.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English bocle < Anglo-French bo(u)cle, bucle < Latin buc(c)ula cheekpiece (of a helmet), strip of wood, etc., resembling a cheekpiece, equivalent to bucc(a) cheek + -ula -ule
1300–50; Middle English bocle < Anglo-French bo(u)cle, bucle < Latin buc(c)ula cheekpiece (of a helmet), strip of wood, etc., resembling a cheekpiece, equivalent to bucc(a) cheek + -ula -ule
Related forms
buck·le·less, adjective
re·buck·le, verb, re·buck·led, re·buck·ling.
Synonyms
8. sag, bulge, twist; crumple, collapse.
8. sag, bulge, twist; crumple, collapse.
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| buckle down | |
| —vb | |
| informal (intr, adverb) to apply oneself with determination: to buckle down to a job | |
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Idioms & Phrases
buckle down
Set to work, apply oneself with determination, as in All right, we'll buckle down now and study for exams. Originating about 1700 as buckle to, the expression gained currency with the football song "Buckle-Down, Winsocki" (from the Broadway musical comedy Best Foot Forward, 1941). [Mid-1800s]
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