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Rarebucking
The correct spelling is bucking.
How to pronounce bucking
verb
IPA: /ˈbʌkɪŋ/
Say it like: Buk-ing
The correct spelling is bucking. To copulate, as bucks and does. For example: "The vice president bucked at the board's latest solution."
Usage Examples
“The vice president bucked at the board's latest solution.”
“The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely.”
“John is really bucking the odds on that risky business venture. He's doing quite well.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To copulate, as bucks and does.
- 2.To bend; buckle.
- 3.(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.
- 4.(of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
- 5.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.
noun
- 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.
- 5.The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
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