Definition of buckle

buckle

verb - intransitive

• to fail or err due to pressure.

  I knew she would buckle at the competition.

  We've lost our confidence this year. I think we're going to buckle on Friday.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Wai-Kheong Law from Oakville, ON, Canada on Nov 08 2002.

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Other terms relating to 'to lose, be defeated, fail':
go belly up	Definitions include: to fail.
pillage	Definitions include: to defeat soundly.
get b*tch-slapped	Definitions include: to be bitch-slapped.
jobber	Definitions include: a "professional wrestler" who loses matches so as to build up a featured wrestler's win/loss record and crowd appeal.
die	Definitions include: to stop working.
screw the pooch	Definitions include: to make an irreparable (possibly tragic) mistake.
eat it	Definitions include: to experience traumatic physical contact with a stationary object.
bite it	Definitions include: to fall and hit the ground.
blow it	Definitions include: to completely fail a task.
go up in smoke	Definitions include: to fail.
also-ran	Definitions include: a loser.
get owned	Definitions include: See own.
grasp at straws	Definitions include: to make a futile attempt.
flail	Definitions include: to engage in a repetitive behavior with extreme dedication and in excess, while under the influence of methamphetamine.
go tits-up	Definitions include: to fail.
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Other terms relating to 'buckle':
buckle buffer	Definitions include: Women who kiss up to rodeo champions in order to have sex with them.
buckle bunny	Definitions include: a person who is attracted only, mostly, or especially to rodeo cowboys.

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