buckling.
The act of fastening a buckle.
Meaning & usage
The act of fastening a buckle.
A folding into hills and valleys.
The action of giving in (slightly) to pressure or stress by developing a bulge, bending or kinking (with the eventual risk of collapsing).
Where this word comes from
From the verb to buckle, equivalent to buckle + -ing.
Wavy; curly, as hair.
Where this word comes from
From the verb to buckle, equivalent to buckle + -ing.
A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English buck Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English buckling From buck + -ling.
Smoked herring.
Where this word comes from
From German Bückling or Swedish böckling. Cognate with Middle High German bockinc and Middle Dutch bocking (itself from bok (“buck”), referencing the foul smell).
present participle and gerund of buckle
Where this word comes from
From the verb to buckle, equivalent to buckle + -ing.
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