BUCKLE

noun to join in marriage.

2. buckle ·noun a contorted expression, as of the face.

3. buckle ·vi to bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.

4. buckle ·vi to yield; to give way; to cease opposing.

5. buckle ·noun to fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.

6. buckle ·noun to bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.

7. buckle ·noun a distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.

8. buckle ·noun to prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness;

— generally used reflexively.

9. buckle ·noun a curl of hair, ·esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.

10. buckle ·vi to enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.

11. buckle ·vi to bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.

12. buckle ·noun 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.