bucking

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bucking

  • /ˈbʌkɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ʌkɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of buck

noun buckings

  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.

    Similar: logging-up, crosscutting

  6. The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.

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noun act of kicking both hind legs upward

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@misc{bucking_2026,
  title = {bucking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bucking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}