bucking

(noun, verb)

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. (of a quadruped) The act of bucking, or kicking both hind legs upward.

verb

1. present participle of buck