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bucking

/ˈbʌkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
buck-ing
IPA
/ˈbʌkɪŋ/
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of buck

noun

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

noun

The liquid used in this process.

noun

A washing.

noun

The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.

noun

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

noun

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

Inflected Forms

buckings (plural)

Phrases

bucking bar bucking keir

Synonyms

logging-up crosscutting

Rhymes With

fucking sucking trucking ducking tucking plucking chucking mucking clucking shucking lucking

Questions

How do you pronounce bucking?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbʌkɪŋ/.
What does bucking mean?
present participle and gerund of buck

How to pronounce bucking

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