Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A large smoked and salted herring.
  • noun The act of bending; tendency to bend or become wavy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Wavy; curling, as hair.

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  • noun geology A folding into hills and valleys.
  • noun The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
  • adjective wavy; curly, as hair
  • verb Present participle of buckle.
  • noun Smoked herring

Etymologies

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buck +‎ -ling.

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

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cognate with Middle High German bockinc and Middle Dutch bocking (itself from bok ("buck"), referencing the foul smell)

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