buckle

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a piece of metal at one end of a belt or strap, used to fasten the two ends together

a sweet dish consisting of a layer of cake mixture covered in fruit and then a top layer of flour, sugar, and small pieces of butter, baked in the oven:

Originally, buckle was topped with blueberries but over the years a variety of fruits and toppings have been used.

She makes a delicious apple cinnamon buckle.

to fasten or be fastened with a buckle

to bend something or become bent, often as a result of force, heat, or weakness:

The intense heat from the fire had caused the factory roof to buckle.

Both wheels on the bicycle had been badly buckled.

I felt faint and my knees began to buckle.

to be defeated by a difficult situation:

But these were difficult times and a lesser man would have buckled under the strain.

a fastener for a belt:

a silver buckle

to fasten or be fastened with a buckle:

[ T ] Please buckle your seat belts.

to bend or become uneven, often as a result of force, heat, or weakness:

[ I ] After eight hours of hiking, our knees were beginning to buckle.

Someone who buckles or buckles under gives in to something, such as pressure or opposition:

[ I ] The judge threatened her with jail, but she refused to buckle and would not say where she got the information.