Buckle

Quick meaning: Buckle is a noun meaning A great conflict or struggle.

Meaning

A great conflict or struggle.

More Meanings

1. To fasten (something) using a buckle (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1); hence (obsolete), to fasten (something) in any way.
2. To apply (oneself) to, or prepare (oneself) for, a task or work; also (obsolete), to equip (oneself) for a battle, expedition, etc.
3. To unite (people) in marriage; to marry.
4. To apply oneself to or prepare for a task or work.
5. To unite with someone in marriage; to marry.
6. To participate in some contest or labour; to join in close fight; to contend.
7. A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.

Example Sentences

Buckle this harness on, that, being armed, / I may defend the entrance.

[H]ovv briefe the Life of man / runs his erring pilgrimage, / That the ſtretching of a ſpan, / buckles in his ſumme of age.

Tongue of my shoe-buckle broke. […] Bought a new head to my cane, and a tongue to my buckle. Drank a glass of purl to recover appetite.

It is a ſigne that a man hath to doe vvith a ſtrong enemie vvhen he buckleth on all his harneſſe, and calleth together all his ſtrength for oppoſition.

Word Forms

• buckles
• buckling
• buckled
• bucklest
• buckledst
• buckleth

Synonyms for buckle

Depending on context, synonyms include cave, cave in, crumple, fold, break, buck.

Antonyms for buckle

Common opposites include unbuckle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include warp, crumple, heave, clasp, seat, knuckle.

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