buckle
31buckle up — intransitive verb : to fasten one s seat belt * * * buckle up [phrasal verb] US : to fasten your seat belt in a car or other vehicle You should always buckle up [=(Brit) belt up] before you start driving. • • • Main Entry: ↑buckle * * * ˌbuckle… …
32buckle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ belt, shoe ▪ brass, silver, etc. VERB + BUCKLE ▪ do up, fasten …
33buckle up — verb To fasten ones seat belt or safety belt. Buckle up every time you drive somewhere in a car, and make sure your passengers buckle up, too …
34Buckle — This unusual name is of early medieval English origin, and is a metonymic occupational name for a maker and/or seller of buckles. The name derives from the Middle English word bokel , buckle, from the Old French bocle , from the Latin buccula ,… …
35buckle — [14] English acquired buckle via Old French boucla from Latin buccula ‘cheek strap of a helmet’. This was a diminutive form of Latin bucca ‘cheek’ (source of French bouche ‘mouth’), which gave English the anatomical term buccal ‘of the cheeks’… …
36buckle up — PHRASAL VERB When you buckle up in a car or a plane, you fasten your seat belt. [INFORMAL] [V P] A sign just ahead of me said, Buckle Up. It s the Law …
37buckle up — fasten your seat belt, buckle your seat belt Buckle up. Dad won t drive away until we fasten our seat belts …
38buckle — noun a flat rectangular or oval frame with a hinged pin, used for joining the ends of a belt or strap. verb 1》 fasten or decorate with a buckle. 2》 bend and give way under pressure. 3》 (buckle down) tackle a task with determination. Origin ME:… …
39buckle — 1. noun a belt buckle Syn: clasp, clip, catch, hasp, fastener 2. verb 1) he buckled the belt around his waist Syn: fasten, do up, hook, strap, secure, clasp, clip 2) …
40buckle — [14] English acquired buckle via Old French boucla from Latin buccula ‘cheek strap of a helmet’. This was a diminutive form of Latin bucca ‘cheek’ (source of French bouche ‘mouth’), which gave English the anatomical term buccal ‘of the cheeks’… …
