Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
bucked

more about bucked

bucked


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Buck  \Buck\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Bucked}  (b[u^]kt);  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Bucking}.]  [OE.  bouken;  akin  to  LG  b["u]ken,  Dan. 
  byge,  Sw  byka  G.  bauchen  beuchen;  cf  OF  buer.  Cf  the 
  preceding  noun.] 
  1.  To  soak,  steep,  or  boil,  in  lye  or  suds;  --  a  process  in 
  bleaching. 
 
  2.  To  wash  (clothes)  in  lye  or  suds,  or  in  later  usage,  by 
  beating  them  on  stones  in  running  water. 
 
  3.  (Mining)  To  break  up  or  pulverize,  as  ores. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  bucked 
  adj  :  (of  upper  front  teeth)  projecting  outward;  "buck  teeth" 
  [syn:  {buck(a)},  {bucked(a)}] 




more about bucked