buckle

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1. buckle - Noun

2. buckle - Verb

3. Buckle - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.

A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.

To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.

To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.

To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.

To join in marriage.

To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.

To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.

To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.

To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.

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A cabinet is a combining committee,-a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the state to the executive part of the state. In its origin it belongs to the one, in its functions it belongs to the other. Walter Bagehot

And as it turns out, if one person is praying for you, buckle up. Things can happen. Anne Lamott

I keep mementos from everything I've done. I've got my cab driver's license from 'Happiness.' I've got a pair of glasses and a belt buckle from playing John Lennon. I've got a pair of sunglasses from playing Andy Warhol... It's all in a box in the garage. Jared Harris

I don't operate under threats. Full stop. I don't. I don't buckle to pressure. Saad Hariri

A buckle is a great addition to an old shoe. Irish Proverb

Cowgirl Up Cos The Buckle Don't Shine in The Dirt. Cowboy Proverb

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