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buckling.

The act of fastening a buckle.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbʌk.əl.ɪŋ/
  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 or kinking (with the eventual risk of collapsing).

Where this word comes from

From the verb to buckle, equivalent to buckle + -ing.

adj/ˈbʌk.əl.ɪŋ/
  1. Wavy; curly, as hair.

Where this word comes from

From the verb to buckle, equivalent to buckle + -ing.

noun/ˈbʌk.lɪŋ/
  1. 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.

noun
  1. 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).

verb/ˈbʌk.əl.ɪŋ/
  1. present participle and gerund of buckle

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

From the verb to buckle, equivalent to buckle + -ing.

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