bucking

SayBUK-ing/ˈbʌkɪŋ/

Noun pluralbuckings

7 meanings of bucking

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1
verb
Present participle of buck. Use this form for an action happening now or as an -ing naming word.
The young bronco was bucking hard inside the pen.
Bucking the new rules, the workers refused to sign.
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2
nouncountable or uncountable
A quick upward kick of an animal's two back legs at the same time.
Like a spring that suddenly snaps upward.
The horse's bucking threw the rider to the ground.
One violent bucking was enough to unseat the cowboy.
Similarkicking
3
noununcountable
The work of cutting a fallen tree that has lost its branches into shorter logs.
Like cutting a long loaf of bread into smaller slices.
The bucking of the fallen pine took most of the morning.
Good bucking leaves the logs at the right length for the mill.
Similarcrosscutting
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4
noununcountable
The work of crushing or smashing ore rock into small pieces.
Like crushing a sugar cube into powder.
The bucking of the ore left a pile of fine gray powder.
Workers spent hours bucking the rock before washing out the metal.
Similarcrushing
5
noununcountable
The soaking or boiling of cloth in a strong cleaning liquid to help make it white.
Like soaking a dirty shirt in soapy water before washing it.
The bucking of the linen took a full day in the big tubs.
After bucking, the cloth came out cleaner and ready to whiten.
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6
noununcountable
The strong cleaning liquid used for soaking cloth when making it white.
Like the soapy water you soak dirty clothes in.
She poured the bucking over the linen in the wooden tub.
The bucking had to be hot enough to loosen the dirt.
Similarlye
7
nouncountable
An act of washing clothes or cloth.
Like running a load of clothes through the wash.
The sheets got a good bucking and hung out to dry.
Her weekly bucking left the whole yard smelling of soap.
Similarwash, washing, laundering

bucking is a form of buck

buck, verb: Of a horse, to jump and kick its back legs up, often to throw off its rider. Full entry

Forms: buckbucks he/she/itbucking -ing formbucked past tense, past participle
Spelling: buck → bucking: add -ing

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