a device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.-a distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.-a curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.-a contorted expression, as of the face.-to fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.-to bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.-to prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.-to join in marriage.-to bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.-to bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.-to yield; to give way; to cease opposing.-to enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.