Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 17 compound words that contain buckle. The most common are listed below. Open buckle in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- belt buckleA fastening device used to secure the two ends of a belt, ensures it remains in place around the waist.
- buckle upTo fasten with a buckle.
- buckle downTo apply oneself to study, or a task or work; to focus on or take a serious attitude towards something; to put forth the needed effort.
- buckle cavityMalapropistic misconstruction of buccal cavity
- buckle hatSynonym of capotain or pilgrim's hat; commonly associated with the Thanksgiving aesthetic; used to describe a version of the headwear that is now considered to be a historical inaccuracy originating from 19th-century artistic depictions of …
- swash someone's buckleTo behave or feel in a swashbuckling manner.
- buckle bunnyA female groupie of rodeo cowboys.
- buckle bunniesplural of buckle bunny: A female groupie of rodeo cowboys.
- scleral buckleAn ophthalmologic procedure to repair a detached retina.
- buckle overTo bend over suddenly, pitching forward from the waist, as for example when vomiting suddenly.
- bread buckleSynonym of bread clip: A plastic clip used to hold a plastic bag closed by pinching the neck of the bag. Often used for the bags in which sliced bread is packaged.
- buckle hatsplural of buckle hat: Synonym of capotain or pilgrim's hat; commonly associated with the Thanksgiving aesthetic; used to describe a version of the headwear that is now considered to be a historical inaccuracy originating from 19th-century …
- buckle underTo reluctantly accept something (due to a source of social pressure).
- cover the buckleTo execute a difficult step in dancing.
- covered the bucklesimple past and past participle of cover the buckle
- covering the bucklepresent participle and gerund of cover the buckle
- covers the bucklethird-person singular simple present indicative of cover the buckle: To execute a difficult step in dancing.
- buckle-beggarsplural of buckle-beggar: One who, for a fee, performs an unauthorised wedding service, especially for poor people (originally beggars).
- buckle-beggarSynonym of couple-beggar: One who, for a fee, performs an unauthorised wedding service, especially for poor people (originally beggars).
- swashed someone's bucklesimple past and past participle of swash someone's buckle
- swashes someone's bucklethird-person singular simple present indicative of swash someone's buckle: To behave or feel in a swashbuckling manner.
- swashing someone's bucklepresent participle and gerund of swash someone's buckle
Compound words 17
- bucklingThe act of fastening a buckle.
- bucklerOne who buckles something.
- turnbuckleA coupling device consisting of two eyelets or other connection points connected in screw threads.
- unbuckleto unfasten (the buckle of (a belt, shoe, etc))
- kneebuckleA buckle that fastens the kneeband on a leg of a pair of knee breeches.
- buckleableCapable of being fastened with a buckle.
- bucklelessWithout a buckle.
- rebuckleTo fasten again by means of a buckle.
- bucklestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of buckle
- buckleththird-person singular simple present indicative of buckle: A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to …