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- [buhk]
- /bʌk/
- /bʌk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [buhk]
- /bʌk/
Definitions of bucking word
- abbreviation BUCKING bukh. 1
- verb with object bucking to wash or bleach (clothes) in lye. 1
- noun bucking lye used for washing clothes. 1
- noun bucking clothes washed in lye. 1
- idioms bucking pass the buck, to shift responsibility or blame to another person: Never one to admit error, he passed the buck to his subordinates. 1
- noun bucking The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching. 0
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Origin of bucking
First appearance:
before 1855 One of the 30% newest English words
1855-60; verbal use of buck1, influenced in some senses by buck3
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Parts of speech for Bucking
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bucking popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
bucking usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bucking
noun bucking
- confutation — the act of confuting
- contradiction — If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand.
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