Buckling vs. Buck

Bucklingnoun

The act of fastening a buckle.

Bucklingnoun

(geology) A folding into hills and valleys.

Bucklingnoun

The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.

Bucklingnoun

A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.

Bucklingnoun

Smoked herring.

Bucklingadjective

Wavy; curly, as hair.

Bucklingverb

present participle of buckle

Bucklingadjective

Wavy; curling, as hair.

Buckling

In structural engineering, buckling is the sudden change in shape (deformation) of a structural component under load, such as the bowing of a column under compression or the wrinkling of a plate under shear. If a structure is subjected to a gradually increasing load, when the load reaches a critical level, a member may suddenly change shape and the structure and component is said to have buckled.

Bucknoun

A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.

Bucknoun

(US) An uncastrated sheep, a ram.

Bucknoun

A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.

Bucknoun

A fop or dandy.

Bucknoun

A black or Native American man.

Bucknoun

A dollar (one hundred cents).

Bucknoun

A rand (currency unit).

Bucknoun

Money

Bucknoun

One hundred.

Bucknoun

(dated) An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.

Bucknoun

Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.

Bucknoun

The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.

Bucknoun

(finance) One million dollars.

Bucknoun

(informal) A euro.

Bucknoun

A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.

Bucknoun

A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal bodywork. See [http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/additional-how-to/1009sr-making-a-wood-buck/ Street Rodder "Making a Wood Buck"].

Bucknoun

synonym of buck dance

Bucknoun

synonym of muletype of cocktail with ginger ale etc.

Bucknoun

(Scotland) The beech tree.

Bucknoun

Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

Bucknoun

The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.

Buckverb

(intransitive) To copulate, as bucks and does.

Buckverb

(intransitive) To bend; buckle.

Buckverb

To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.

Buckverb

To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.

Buckverb

To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.

Buckverb

To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.

Buckverb

To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.

Buckverb

To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite (an obstacle); to resist or proceed against.

Buckverb

(riveting) To press a reinforcing device (bucking bar) against (the force of a rivet) in order to absorb vibration and increase expansion. See Wikipedia: Rivet:Installation.

Buckverb

(forestry) To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.

Buckverb

(electronics) To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage. See Wikipedia: Buck converter

Buckverb

To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.

Buckverb

To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.

Buckverb

(mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores.

Bucknoun

Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

Bucknoun

The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.

Bucknoun

The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.

Bucknoun

A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.

Bucknoun

A male Indian or negro.

Bucknoun

A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.

Bucknoun

The beech tree.

Buckverb

To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; - a process in bleaching.

Buckverb

To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.

Buckverb

To break up or pulverize, as ores.

Buckverb

To copulate, as bucks and does.

Buckverb

To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; - said of a vicious horse or mule.

Buckverb

To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.

Buckverb

To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2.

Bucknoun

a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting

Bucknoun

a piece of paper money worth one dollar

Bucknoun

United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)

Bucknoun

a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

Bucknoun

mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)

Buckverb

to strive with determination;

Buckverb

resist;

Buckverb

move quickly and violently;

Buckverb

jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;

Buckadjective

of the lowest rank in a category;