bucking

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌkɪŋ/

bucking

1. present participle of buck

bucking (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.

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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.