bucking
/ˈbʌkɪŋ/noun, verb
bucking is spelled B-U-C-K-I-N-G: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bucking means “The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bucking is buckings.
How many letters and syllables are in bucking?
| Letters | 7: B-U-C-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is bucking?
Bucking appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bucking?
- /ˈbʌkɪŋ/
Bucking has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of bucking
- buckings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bucking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
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 process of cutting a felled and delimbed tree into logs.
- 6
The act of a quadruped kicking both hind legs upward at once.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of buck
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bucking in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of kicking both hind legs upward:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ruade |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.