catch+of+a+buckle

  • 1catch — [n1] fastener bolt, buckle, clamp, clasp, clip, hasp, hook, hook and eye, latch, snap; concept 497 catch [n2] trick, hidden disadvantage Catch 22, conundrum, deception, decoy, drawback, fly in the ointment*, hitch, joke, puzzle, puzzler, snag,… …

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  • 2buckle — [n] fastener with long pin catch, clamp, clasp, clip, fastening, fibula, harness, hasp; concept 450 buckle [v] contort, warp bend, bulge, cave in, collapse, crumple, distort, fold, twist, yield; concept 702 Ant. flatten, smooth …

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  • 3buckle — buckleless, adj. /buk euhl/, n., v., buckled, buckling. n. 1. a clasp consisting of a rectangular or curved rim with one or more movable tongues, fixed to one end of a belt or strap, used for fastening to the other end of the same strap or to… …

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  • 4buckle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bocle, from Anglo French, boss of a shield, buckle, from Latin buccula, diminutive of bucca cheek Date: 14th century 1. a fastening for two loose ends that is attached to one and holds the other by a catch 2. an… …

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  • 5buckle — n 1. clasp, clip, hook, catch, snap, hook and eye, button, fastener, fastening, hasp; brooch, pin, stickpin. 2. bend, bulge, fold, wrinkle, crumple, ripple, crinkle; knot, kink, crook, crimp, gnarl; twist, warp, contortion, curve, turn; curl,… …

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  • 6buckle — 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) …

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  • 7catch — v 1. grasp, snatch, grab, claw, pluck; grip, clutch, clench, hold, Basketball. palm; receive, acquire, come into possession of. 2. seize, capture, take captive, apprehend, stop, arrest, take into custody, Inf. nab, Sl. cop; entrap, trap, ensnare …

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  • 8buckle — 1. noun a belt buckle Syn: clasp, clip, catch, hasp, fastener 2. verb 1) he buckled the belt round his waist Syn: fasten, do up, hook, secure, clasp, clip 2) …

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  • 9buckle — Synonyms and related words: anamorphism, anamorphosis, articulate, asymmetry, batten, batten down, bend, bolt, bulge, butt, button, catch, cave in, clasp, cleat, clip, collapse, contort, contortion, crook, crookedness, crumple, detorsion,… …

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  • 10buckle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. clasp, fastening. v. bend, twist, crumple; collapse. See connection, convolution, failure. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. clasp, clamp, catch, fastening; see fastener . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n.… …

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