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bucking in

bucking in is the present participle and gerund of buck in.

Meaning of buck in

Verb

buck in (third-person singular simple present bucks in, present participle bucking in, simple past and past participle bucked in)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To align or sight an instrument (such as a theodolite or level) precisely between two marks or points for accurate measurement.

Questions about bucking in

What is bucking in the present participle and gerund of?
Bucking in is the present participle and gerund of buck in.

Words near bucking in in the dictionary

  1. bucking bars
  2. bucking bronco
  3. bucking broncos
  4. bucking down
  5. bucking for
  6. bucking in
  7. bucking out
  8. bucking the tide
  9. bucking the tiger
  10. bucking the trend
  11. bucking up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bucking in (page history and authors); buck in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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