buck

buck

verb

Definition of BUCK

1

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion <the car bucked and stalled>

Synonyms buck, hitch, hoick, jolt, twitch, yank

Related Words bump, jounce, lurch, pitch, stagger; jig, jiggle, jog, joggle, shake; drag, lug, pull, tug; pluck, tweak; grab, rip, snap (up), snatch, tear, wrench, wrest, wring

2

to refuse to give in to <bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years>

Synonyms buck, defy, fight, oppose, repel, withstand

Related Words battle, combat, contend (with); challenge, contest, contradict, dispute; baffle, balk, foil, frustrate, thwart; check, counter, hinder, obstruct, stem

Antonyms bow (to), capitulate (to), give in (to), knuckle under (to), stoop (to), submit (to), succumb (to), surrender (to), yield (to)

3

to shift possession of (something) from one person to another <buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom>

Synonyms buck, hand, hand over, reach, transfer

Related Words relay; bear, carry; finger, handle, paw; cede, deliver, give, give up, release, relinquish, render, surrender, turn over, yield