Word Meaning

Meaning of buckles

- 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.
- A contorted expression, as of the face.
- 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.

Crossword clue for buckles

- Belt clasp
- Belt fastener
- Belt part
- Go weak at the knees
- Crumples
- Metal clasps on belts