bucking

B3U1C3K5I1N1G2
/ˈbʌkɪŋ/

noun

The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching.

Similar
logging-upcrosscutting
Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of buck
nounbucking (plural buckings)

plural 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. The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
  4. businessThe process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.

    Synonyms: logging-up, crosscutting

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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.

Similar
logging-upcrosscutting

Translations

Dutch bokken
  • bokkenact of kicking both hind legs upward
French ruade
  • ruadeact of kicking both hind legs upward

Rhymes & wordplay

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bucking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bucking.

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