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buckling

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌk.əl.ɪŋ/

The English word “buckling” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  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).
  4. A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
  5. Smoked herring.

adjective

  1. Wavy; curly, as hair.

Etymology

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

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