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bucking
Verb
  • present participle of buck
Noun
  • The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.
  • The liquid used in this process.
  • A washing.
  • The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
  • (of a quadruped) The act of bucking, or kicking both hind legs upward.
buck
Noun
  • A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.
  • An uncastrated sheep, a ram. US
  • A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
  • A fop or dandy. Britain, obsolete
  • A black or Native American man. US, dated, derogatory
  • A dollar (one hundred cents). US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, informal
  • A rand (currency unit). South Africa, informal
  • Money by extension, Australia, South Africa, US, informal
  • One hundred. US, slang
  • An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes. dated
  • Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing. US, in certain metaphors or phrases
  • The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery. Britain, dialect
  • One million dollars. finance, jargon
  • A euro informal
  • A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
  • A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal bodywork. See Street Rodder "Making a Wood Buck".
  • Synonym of buck dance African American Vernacular, dated, dance
Verb
  • To copulate, as bucks and does. intransitive
Verb
  • To bend; buckle. intransitive
  • To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack. intransitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal
  • To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking. transitive, of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal
  • To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees. transitive, military
  • To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly. intransitive, by extension
  • To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner. intransitive, by extension
  • To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite (an obstacle); to resist or proceed against. transitive, by extension
  • To press a reinforcing device (bucking bar) against (the force of a rivet) in order to absorb vibration and increase expansion. See Wikipedia: Rivet:Installation. riveting
  • To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood. forestry
  • To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage. See Wikipedia: Buck converter electronics
Noun
  • The beech tree. Scotland
Noun
  • lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed
  • The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
Verb
  • To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.
  • To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
  • To break up or pulverize, as ores. mining
BABYLON ENGLISH
bucking n.
bleaching
buck v.
move rapidly and with violence; jump vertically legs stiff and back arched ; bet, gamble (Slang)
HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
bucking
bucking
\buck"ing\, n.
1. the act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used. on.
2. a washing.
3. the process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
bucking
iron (mining), a broad-faced hammer, used in bucking or breaking up ores.
bucking
kier (manuf.), a large circular boiler, or kier, used in bleaching.
bucking
stool, a washing block.
  similar words(3) 

 bucking stool 
 bucking kier 
 bucking iron 
WORDNET 2.0
buck
Noun
1. a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
(synonym) vaulting horse, long horse
(hypernym) horse
2. a piece of paper money worth one dollar
(synonym) dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, clam
(hypernym) bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback
(classification) United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
3. a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
(synonym) sawhorse, horse, sawbuck
(hypernym) framework, frame, framing
(hyponym) trestle
4. mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
(hypernym) placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
(hyponym) stag
(derivation) jerk, hitch
Verb
1. to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion"
(hypernym) endeavor, endeavour, strive
2. resist; "buck the trend"
(synonym) go against
(hypernym) react, oppose
3. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
(synonym) tear, shoot, shoot down, charge
(hypernym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hyponym) rip
(verb-group) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
4. jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"
(synonym) jerk, hitch
(hypernym) move
Adjective
1. of the lowest rank in a category; "a buck private"
(similar) subordinate, low-level
ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Bucking
Bucking is a movement performed by a horse or bull in which the animal lowers its head and raises its hindquarters into the air, usually while kicking out with the hind legs. If powerful, it may unseat the rider enough to fall off.
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