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bucking
Overview of verb buck
The verb buck has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) buck -- (to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion")
2. (1) buck, go against -- (resist; "buck the trend")
3. tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck -- (move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office")
4. buck, jerk, hitch -- (jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked")
Grep of noun bucking
bucking bronco
buckingham palace
Antonyms of verb buck
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb buck
4 senses of buck
Sense 1
buck
=> endeavor, endeavour, strive
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> act, move
Sense 2
buck, go against
=> react, oppose
=> act, move
Sense 3
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 4
buck, jerk, hitch
=> move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb buck
1 of 4 senses of buck
Sense 3
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
=> rip
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb buck
4 senses of buck
Sense 1
buck
=> endeavor, endeavour, strive
Sense 2
buck, go against
=> react, oppose
Sense 3
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Sense 4
buck, jerk, hitch
=> move
'Cause To' of verb buck
Derived Forms of verb buck
1 of 4 senses of buck
Sense 4
buck, jerk, hitch
RELATED TO>(noun) buck#5
=> buck
Domain of verb buck
Domain Terms of verb buck
Familiarity of verb buck
buck used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb buck
4 senses of buck
Sense 1
buck
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
buck, go against
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
buck, jerk, hitch
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb buck
4 senses of buck
Sense 1
buck
> endeavor, endeavour, strive
=> struggle
=> take pains, be at pains
=> buck
Sense 2
buck, go against
> react, oppose
=> pursue, follow up on, act on
=> buck, go against
Sense 3
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> barge, thrust ahead, push forward
=> tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
=> dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
Sense 4
buck, jerk, hitch
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb buck
Sense 1
buck
=> endeavor, endeavour, strive
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Sense 2
buck, go against
=> react, oppose
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Sense 3
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
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Sense 4
buck, jerk, hitch
=> move
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Grep of verb buck
buck
buck up
bucket
bucket along
buckle
buckle down
buckle under
buckram
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