bucking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of buck
noun
  1. The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
  2. The liquid used in this process.
  3. A washing.
  4. The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
  5. The process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
  6. The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌkɪŋ/

Word forms

bucking buckings

Synonyms

logging-up crosscutting

Derived words

bucking bar bucking keir
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