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buckling
(encz) | buckling,borcení n: Zdeněk Brož |
buckling
(encz) | buckling,deformace n: Zdeněk Brož |
buckling
(encz) | buckling,vrásnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
buckling
(encz) | buckling,zborcení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Buckling
(gcide) | Buckle \Buc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buckled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Buckling.] [OE. boclen, F. boucler. See Buckle, n.]
1. To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to
buckle a harness.
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2. To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.
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3. To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and
earnestness; -- formerly, generally used reflexively, but
by mid 20th century, usually used with down; -- as, the
programmers buckled down and worked late hours to finish
the project in time for the promised delivery date.
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Cartwright buckled himself to the employment.
--Fuller.
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4. To join in marriage. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Buckling
(gcide) | Buckling \Buc"kling\, a.
Wavy; curling, as hair. --Latham.
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swashbuckling
(encz) | swashbuckling, |
unbuckling
(encz) | unbuckling, |
Buckling
(gcide) | Buckle \Buc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buckled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Buckling.] [OE. boclen, F. boucler. See Buckle, n.]
1. To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to
buckle a harness.
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2. To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.
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3. To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and
earnestness; -- formerly, generally used reflexively, but
by mid 20th century, usually used with down; -- as, the
programmers buckled down and worked late hours to finish
the project in time for the promised delivery date.
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Cartwright buckled himself to the employment.
--Fuller.
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4. To join in marriage. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]Buckling \Buc"kling\, a.
Wavy; curling, as hair. --Latham.
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Parbuckling
(gcide) | Parbuckle \Par"buc`kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parbuckled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Parbuckling.]
To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle. --Totten.
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swashbuckling
(wn) | swashbuckling
adj 1: flamboyantly adventurous [syn: swaggering,
swashbuckling]
n 1: flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior |
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