buckling

To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.

To make bend; to cause to become distorted.

To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).

“It is amazing that he has never buckled after so many years of doing such urgent work.”

To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.

To enter upon some labour or contest; to join in close fight; to contend.

To buckle down; to apply oneself.

To fasten using a buckle.

To unite in marriage.

The act of fastening a buckle.

A folding into hills and valleys.

The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.

Wavy; curly, as hair.

A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.

Smoked herring.