Definition of "buckling" []

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

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• "Two lanes of the West Loop Freeway are closed after buckling from the heat."
• "Dynamic buckling is the version of this instability which occurs when the compressive load is applied suddenly – when a rod is smashed into along its axis, for example."
• "It’s unclear whether these apps will eventually support streaming over 3G, but if they do, my bones can already feel the infrastructure of AT&T’s 3G network buckling from the strain."