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buckling

noun
/ˈbʌk.əl.ɪŋ//ˈbʌk.lɪŋ/

Etymology

From German Bückling or Swedish böckling. Cognate with Middle High German bockinc and Middle Dutch bocking (itself from bok (“buck”), referencing the foul smell).

  1. borrowed from böckling
  2. borrowed from Bückling

Definitions

  1. The act of fastening a buckle.

  2. A folding into hills and valleys.

  3. The action of giving in (slightly) to pressure or stress by developing a bulge, bending…

    The action of giving in (slightly) to pressure or stress by developing a bulge, bending or kinking (with the eventual risk of collapsing).

    • Engineers decided not to use hydraulics, to ensure there was no twisting or buckling to the 80-tonne girder structure.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Wavy

      Wavy; curly, as hair.

    2. present participle and gerund of buckle

    3. A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.

      • 1994, Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living, Ninth Edition, Sasquatch Books, →ISBN, page 715, If you do have extra milk, then by all means raise your extra bucklings and cull doelings for meat.

    4. Smoked herring.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA