Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of bending; tendency to bend or become wavy.
- noun A large smoked and salted herring.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Wavy; curling, as hair.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geology A
folding into hills and valleys. - noun The action of
collapsing under pressure or stress. - adjective
wavy ;curly , as hair - verb Present participle of
buckle . - noun
Smoked herring
Etymologies
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Examples
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Two lanes of the West Loop Freeway are closed after buckling from the heat.
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Dynamic buckling is the version of this instability which occurs when the compressive load is applied suddenly – when a rod is smashed into along its axis, for example.
Boing Boing: October 29, 2006 - November 4, 2006 Archives 2006
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It’s unclear whether these apps will eventually support streaming over 3G, but if they do, my bones can already feel the infrastructure of AT&T’s 3G network buckling from the strain.
Netflix and ABC Launch iPad Apps, Hulu App on the Way | /Film 2010
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Normal buckling occurs when a solid rod is compressed by a load above a critical threshold.
Boing Boing: October 29, 2006 - November 4, 2006 Archives 2006
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What makes the Model M "click" is the so-called buckling-spring design.
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"buckling" -- just as a too large, ill-fitting dress does -- and the Alps, the Himalayas, and other great mountain ranges, are regions where this
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(Like someone talking tough as his knees are kind of buckling).
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Dead Man’s Hand’s Review Forum 2009
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Reason being, in case there happens to be any kind of buckling, any kind of stress that is on that railroad, the last thing they want in this kind of rough condition is for those railcars to go right into the river.
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Robert Rubin, the former Treasury secretary who has just resigned as a high-level adviser and director at Citigroup, told The Wall Street Journal in November that the near collapse of Citigroup, which was bailed out by the federal government, was caused by the "buckling" financial system, and not any mistakes made at his company.
How We Were Ruined & What We Can Do Madrick, Jeff 2009
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The composite structure prevents the kind of buckling that one sees in simple tall, skinny things like plywood panels and results in a structure that has substantial bearing capacity, good insulation, and good resistance to lateral forces, as well. i.e. if an earthquake happens, it's not likely to wobble and shake.
Lee.courtney990@gmail.com commented on the word buckling
like big or fat
November 30, 2011