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buckle over

buckle over verb: to bend over suddenly, pitching forward from the waist, as for example when vomiting suddenly.

Verb

buckle over (third-person singular simple present buckles over, present participle buckling over, simple past and past participle buckled over)

  1. (intransitive) To bend over suddenly, pitching forward from the waist, as for example when vomiting suddenly.
    • Near-synonyms: double over, double up

Synonyms of buckle over

Forms of buckle over

third-person singular presentbuckles over
present participlebuckling over
past participlebuckled over
pastbuckled over

Questions about buckle over

What does buckle over mean?
Buckle over means to bend over suddenly, pitching forward from the waist, as for example when vomiting suddenly.
What part of speech is buckle over?
Buckle over is a verb.
What is the past tense of buckle over?
The past tense of buckle over is buckled over.

Words near buckle over in the dictionary

  1. buckle cavity
  2. buckle down
  3. buckle hat
  4. buckle hats
  5. buckle in
  6. buckle over
  7. buckle to
  8. buckle under
  9. buckle up
  10. buckle-beggar
  11. buckle-beggars

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