bucking Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb to strive with determination
    buck.
    • John is bucking for a promotion
  2. verb resist
    go against; buck.
    • buck the trend
  3. verb move quickly and violently
    tear; shoot; charge; shoot down; buck.
    • The car tore down the street
    • He came charging into my office
  4. verb jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
    buck; jerk; hitch.
    • the yung filly bucked

WordNet

Buck"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used. Tomlinson.
  2. A washing.
  3. The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.

Webster 1913