buckling

1. To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.
2. To make bend; to cause to become distorted.
3. To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).

   It is amazing that he has never buckled after so many years of doing such urgent work.

4. To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.
5. To enter upon some labour or contest; to join in close fight; to contend.
6. To buckle down; to apply oneself.

1. To fasten using a buckle.
2. To unite in marriage.

1. The act of fastening a buckle.
2. A folding into hills and valleys.
3. The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.

adjective

Wavy; curly, as hair.

noun

A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.

noun

Smoked herring.