buckle over

English

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, of a person) To bend over suddenly, pitching forward from the waist, as for example when vomiting suddenly.

   Hypernym: bend over

   Near-synonyms: double over, double up

Related terms

• buckle under