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Meaning of bucking

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

bucking

Pronunciation:/ˈbʌkɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To copulate, as bucks and does.

verb

Definitions

  1. To bend; buckle.

  2. (of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) 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.

  3. (of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.

  4. 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.

verb

Definitions

  1. To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.

  2. To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.

  3. To break up or pulverize, as ores.

noun

Definitions

  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.