Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Given to bucking; addicted to the practice of bucking: as, a bucking horse.
- noun A vice peculiar to the horses of Mexico, Texas, and the western American plains, of Spanish descent, and to mules. See
buck , verb - noun The act or process of steeping or soaking in lye or caustic soda, as in bleaching cotton thread, etc.
- noun The act of breaking or pulverizing ore.
- noun The act of copulating, as bucks and does.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used.
- noun A washing.
- noun The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
- noun (Mining) a broad-faced hammer, used in bucking or breaking up ores.
- noun (Manuf.) a large circular boiler, or kier, used in bleaching.
- noun a washing block.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
buck . - noun The act or process of
soaking orboiling cloth in analkaline liquid in the operation ofbleaching . - noun The liquid used in this process.
- noun A
washing . - noun The process of breaking up or pulverizing
ores . - noun : The act of
kicking bothhind legs upward (Seebuck ).
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Examples
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I was doing what they called bucking, where your body is moving on the table.
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I am proud of this administrations courage in bucking the same old system that is destroying our country and world. catmom
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All of this bucking is nothing but fear of seeing yet another historically White stronghold (just like the White House) slip out of their grasp, and join the 21st century.
Graham: Confirmation likely barring 'complete meltdown' 2009
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/And the why is for the most part comes as bucking from a co equal branch of government that has a vote and a veto.
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A jingle is a square box of painted canvas with no back to it, because, as was luminously explained to me, you must have some way to get into it, and I had to sit sideways in it, with my portmanteau bucking like a three-year-old on the seat opposite to me.
All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Martin Ross 1903
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For Liebsman: Radical in bucking the trend on assignment; we’ve relaxed the idea of assigning the goodwill along with the mark.
Archive 2009-03-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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At Monsieur Garstrang’s suggestion we played a game that he called bucking the tiger.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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At Monsieur Garstrang’s suggestion we played a game that he called bucking the tiger.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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At Monsieur Garstrang’s suggestion we played a game that he called bucking the tiger.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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At Monsieur Garstrang’s suggestion we played a game that he called bucking the tiger.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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