verb
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To copulate, as bucks and does.
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To bend; buckle.
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(of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) 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.
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(of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
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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.
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(by extension) To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
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The vice president bucked at the board's latest solution.
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(by extension) To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
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The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely.
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(by extension) 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.
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John is really bucking the odds on that risky business venture. He's doing quite well.
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(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.
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To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.
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To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage. See Wikipedia: Buck converter
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To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.
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To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
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To break up or pulverize, as ores.
Examples of bucked in a Sentence
The door bucked but held.
The door bucked again before all went quiet.
His body bucked, and his eyes flew open.
Rhyn stepped into the portal. He crossed fast and leapt through the portal leading to the Caribbean Sanctuary. No sooner had he hit the sandy beach than the restraints of the underworld fled, knocking him off his feet. His body bucked under the influence of power. Sudden pain shot through him, followed by the sensation of his magic snapping back into a bond too strong for him to access.
Yully's body bucked in his arms, and she opened her mouth in a silent scream.
She strained and bucked against the bindings, her body seizing.
She closed her eyes to summon the portal when the door bucked.
The earth bucked, and two more buildings went down.
Too shocked to react, Jenn let her, until the earth bucked again.
They struggled through the remains of the orchard as the earth rumbled and bucked.
The ground bucked, throwing her onto her stomach and toppling the Others.
Emma and he both look awfully bucked about things, but not any more bucked than you and I'll be.
These famous faces who have bucked the conventional wisdom that you must weigh 110 pounds in order to be beautiful have motivated a lot of women of size into accepting themselves as they are.
Such a release was unprecedented in the music industry, but the Clash always bucked the line.
He grunted as he shoved it in front of the door moments before the door bucked under the force of some otherworldly being.
Her body bucked, and her eyes flew open.
Almost instantly, the door bucked, as if Jenn was trying to get in.