"Now, when you described the Wigan coal explosion last month, could you not have gone down and helped those people, in spite of the choke-damp?" "I did." "You never said so." "There was nothing worth bucking about."
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Bucking
//ˈbʌkɪŋ//
Synonyms for "bucking" (18 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (5)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (9)
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Translations
2 translations across 2 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- bokken noun (act of kicking both hind legs upward)
French
1 entries- ruade noun (act of kicking both hind legs upward)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Tens of thousands of people are flocking to Houston's annual Livestock Show and Rodeo, the biggest event of its kind in the world. The main attraction is the rodeo, where cowboys ride bucking horses and compete in other contests drawn from ranch life. A new event this year connects visitors with the cowboys of the Old West depicted in movies.
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We're bucking the trend by not increasing our prices this year.
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