Buckle

//ˈbʌkəl//

Synonyms for "buckle" (96 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (20)

Verb(7 words)

crumple cave fold belt break buck buckle down

warp anamorphism anamorphosis articulate asymmetry batten batten down belt bend bolt brace bulge butt

Strong matches (28)

button catch cave in clasp cleat clip collapse connect contort contortion crook crookedness crumple detorsion deviation disproportion distort distortion dovetail fasten

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fastener fastening girth give gnarl hasp

Verb(2 words)

cave in clasp

Related words (48)

heave hinge hitch hook imbalance irregularity jam joint knot lacing latch lock lopsidedness miter mortise nail peg pin quirk rabbet

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rivet scarf screw sew skewer snap spring staple stick stitch tack toggle torsion tortuosity turn turn awry twist unsymmetry wedge wrench wrest wring writhe zipper

Verb(3 words)

heave surrender warp

Noun(1 words)

warp

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

17 entries

break cave in change surface collapse distorted shape distortion fall in fasten fastener fastening fix fixing founder give give way holdfast

Showing 16 of 17 words.

More specific

1 entries

sun kink

Antonyms

2 entries

unbuckle

Synonyms

3 entries

fasten heave warp

derived

23 entries

belt buckle bread buckle buckle bunny buckle down buckle hat buckle in buckle over buckle to buckle under buckle up buckle-beggar buckleable buckled buckleless buckler buckling

Showing 16 of 23 words.

derived from

1 entries

buck

etymologically related_to

1 entries

buck

has context

4 entries

canada heraldry roofing scotland

is a

5 entries

connector deform do up fastener sewing supplies market category

manner of

2 entries

collapse fasten

related to

41 entries

accessory belt belt accessory belt connector belts bend brisure buckle down buckle up clasp close collapse compression connector contend contest

Showing 16 of 41 words.

Translations

152 translations across 70 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

περόνη noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Arabic

2 entries

إِبْزِيم noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
ابزيم noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Armenian

1 entries

ճարմանդ noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

toqqa noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Belarusian

2 entries

за́сцежка noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
спра́жка noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Bulgarian

4 entries

катарама noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
тока noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
закопчавам verb (to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way)
извивам verb (to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted)

Burmese

1 entries

ထိကပေါက် noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Catalan

1 entries

sivella noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

扣環 /扣环 noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
搭扣 noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Czech

2 entries

přezka noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
spona noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Danish

1 entries

spænde noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Dutch

1 entries

gesp noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Esperanto

1 entries

buko noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Estonian

1 entries

pannal noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Faroese

1 entries

spenni noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Finnish

4 entries

murukuorrute-hedelmäkakku noun (cake baked with fresh fruit and a streusel topping)
notko noun (upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane)
solki noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
solki noun (some other form of clasp used to fasten two things together)

French

4 entries

boucle noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
boucler verb (to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way)
céder verb (of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress — see also give in, give way, yield)
déformer verb (to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted)

Galician

1 entries

fibela noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Georgian

2 entries

აბზინდა noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
აბზინდა verb (to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way)

German

4 entries

Schnalle noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
biegen verb (to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted)
nachgeben verb (of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress — see also give in, give way, yield)
sich biegen verb (of a thing: to collapse or distort under physical pressure)

Greek

3 entries

αγκράφα noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
κουμπώνω verb (to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way)
στραβώνω verb (of a thing: to collapse or distort under physical pressure)

Hebrew

1 entries

אבזם noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Hindi

1 entries

बकसुआ noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Hungarian

2 entries

csat noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
kapocs noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Icelandic

1 entries

sylgja noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Ido

3 entries

buklo noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
buklagar verb (to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way)
kurveskar verb (of a thing: to collapse or distort under physical pressure)

Indonesian

1 entries

gesper noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Ingrian

1 entries

präski noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Irish

1 entries

búcla noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Italian

3 entries

fibbia noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
allacciare verb (to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way)
sottomettersi verb (of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress — see also give in, give way, yield)

Japanese

3 entries

バックル noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
尾錠 noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
締め金 noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Kazakh

2 entries

айылбас noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
тоға noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Khmer

2 entries

កន្លាស់ noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
គន្លឹះ noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Korean

3 entries

버클 noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
솔기 noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
쭈그리다 verb (to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

таралга noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Lao

2 entries

ຜູກຄຽນແອວ noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
ຫົວສາຍແອວ noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Latin

1 entries

buccula noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Latvian

1 entries

sprādze noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Macedonian

2 entries

тока noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
закопчува verb (to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way)

Malay

2 entries

gesper noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
kancing noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Maranao

1 entries

bakel noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Mongolian

1 entries

горхи noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Māori

4 entries

kati noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
toromoka noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
tāpine noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
pine verb (to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way)

Nepali

2 entries

पेटी noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
बेल्ट noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Norman

1 entries

bliouque noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Norwegian

1 entries

spenne noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Old Armenian

2 entries

ճարմանդ noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
շիգղ noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

طوقه noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
طوقهلامق verb (to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way)

Persian

2 entries

ابزیم noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
سگک noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Schnal noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Polish

2 entries

klamra noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
sprzączka noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Portuguese

3 entries

fivela noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
afivelar verb (to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way)
entortar verb (of a thing: to collapse or distort under physical pressure)

Romanian

1 entries

cataramă noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Russian

4 entries

бля́ха noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
застёжка noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
пря́жка noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
застегну́ть verb (to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kȍpča noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
šnála noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
ко̏пча noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
шна́ла noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Sinhalese

1 entries

ගාංචුව noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Slovak

2 entries

pracka noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
sponka noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Slovene

1 entries

zaponka noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Spanish

4 entries

hebilla noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
acombar verb (to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted)
cambar verb (to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted)
doblegar verb (to cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted)

Swahili

1 entries

bakoli noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Swedish

2 entries

bältesspänne noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
spänne noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Tagalog

2 entries

hebilya noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
pamuko noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Thai

1 entries

หัวเข็มขัด noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Tibetan

1 entries

ཆབ་རྩེ noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Turkish

2 entries

toka noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
tokalamak verb (to fasten (something) using a buckle; to fasten (something) in any way)

Ukrainian

2 entries

за́стібка noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)
пря́жка noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Uzbek

1 entries

to'qa noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Vietnamese

1 entries

khóa noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Walloon

1 entries

blouke noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Welsh

1 entries

bwcwl noun (metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike)

Sample sentences

59 total sentences available.

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I've really got to buckle down and study for our final exams.

Source: tatoeba (20505)

On base and off, buckle your seat-belts.

Source: tatoeba (20651)

Buckle down and get to work. Do you think we're on a Sunday picnic here?

Source: tatoeba (30505)

It's the law: always buckle your safety belt in cars and airplanes.

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Showing 4 of 59 available sentences.

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