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boucle — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • buckle noun A clasp with a hinged pin, used to fasten a belt or strap.
  • curl noun A spiral or ring-shaped lock of hair.
  • curly adjective Formed into curls or ringlets; not straight.
  • kinky adj Full of tight curls or twists, especially describing hair.
  • loop noun A shape made by a line or path that curves back to cross or meet itself.
  • ringlet noun A small ring.

Senses

boucle is used for these senses in English:

  • buckle A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.
  • curl A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
  • curly Having curls.
  • kinky Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.
  • ringlet A lock, tress.

buckle — full definition

  1. noun A clasp with a hinged pin, used to fasten a belt or strap.
  2. verb To fasten something with a buckle.
  3. verb To bend or collapse under pressure.
  4. verb To give in to pressure or stress; to stop resisting.

curl — full definition

  1. noun A spiral or ring-shaped lock of hair.
  2. noun An exercise where the arm is bent against resistance to work the biceps.
  3. verb To twist something into a spiral shape, or to naturally form one.

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