# buckling

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʌk.əl.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #42,039

## Definitions
1. The act of fastening a buckle.
2. A folding into hills and valleys.
3. The action of giving in (slightly) to pressure or stress by developing a bulge, bending or kinking (with the eventual risk of collapsing).

## Etymology
From the verb to buckle, equivalent to buckle + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **bustling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buckling-vs-bustling)
- **bumbling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buckling-vs-bumbling)
- **bundling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buckling-vs-bundling)
- **backing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backing-vs-buckling)
- **bucking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bucking-vs-buckling)
- **bubbling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bubbling-vs-buckling)
- **backline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backline-vs-buckling)
- **Buckland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buckland-vs-buckling)

## Common misspellings (13)
`bbuckling`, `bcukling`, `bucckling`, `buckilng`, `buckkling`, `bucklign`, `bucklingg`, `bucklinng`, `bucklling`, `bucklnig`, `buclking`, `bukcling`, `ubckling`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/buckling