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BUCKLES
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Classic
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Big
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Super Big
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BUCKLES is a valid 7-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 5 in Classic, 5 in Big, and 5 in Super Big Boggle.
BUCKLES root BUCKLE-s
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noun
- A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.
- broadlySome other form of clasp used to fasten two things together.
- CanadaAn image of a clasp (etymology 1, noun sense 1) used as the brisure of an eighth daughter.
- A great conflict or struggle.
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countableA distortion; a bend, bulge, or kink.
- We can’t use that saw any more. It’s got a buckle in its blade.
- countableuncountableAn upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane, frequently occurring over deck joints or insulation, which may indicate movement of the roof assembly.
- CanadaUScountableUsually preceded by a descriptive word: a cake baked with fresh fruit (often blueberries) and a streusel topping.
- countableobsoleteA curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also (countable, uncountable), the state of hair being curled in this manner.
verb
- transitiveTo fasten (something) using a buckle (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1); hence (obsolete), to fasten (something) in any way.
- figurativelyreflexivetransitiveTo apply (oneself) to, or prepare (oneself) for, a task or work; also (obsolete), to equip (oneself) for a battle, expedition, etc.
- UKfigurativelytransitiveTo unite (people) in marriage; to marry.
- figurativelyintransitiveTo apply oneself to or prepare for a task or work.
- UKfigurativelyintransitiveTo unite with someone in marriage; to marry.
- dialectalfigurativelyintransitiveTo participate in some contest or labour; to join in close fight; to contend.
- transitiveTo cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted.
- obsoletetransitiveTo curl (hair).
- intransitiveOf a thing (especially a slender structure under compression): to collapse or distort under physical pressure.
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figurativelyintransitiveOf a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress; to give in or give way, to yield.
- It is amazing that he has never buckled after so many years of doing such urgent work.