Knicken — meaning in English

English meaning

• buckling noun The structural failure of a material or beam that bends, bulges, or kinks under pressure instead of holding straight, often just before it collapses.
• flex verb To bend a joint or tighten a muscle, often to show strength.

Senses

Knicken is used for these senses in English:

• buckling The action of giving in (slightly) to pressure or stress by developing a bulge, bending or kinking (with the eventual risk of collapsing).
• flex (transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.

buckling — full definition

1. noun The structural failure of a material or beam that bends, bulges, or kinks under pressure instead of holding straight, often just before it collapses.
2. noun The act of fastening something with a buckle.
3. noun A young male goat, roughly one to two years old.

flex — full definition

1. verb To bend a joint or tighten a muscle, often to show strength.
2. verb To show off or boast, often about wealth, status, or ability (informal).
3. noun A flexible insulated electrical cord or cable (chiefly British).
4. noun An instance of boasting or showing off (informal).

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