bucked

verb

past tense of buck
1
as in yanked
to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion the car bucked and stalled

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2
as in resisted
to refuse to give in to bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years

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3
as in handed
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

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Recent Examples of bucked But Argentina has bucked that trend under President Javier Milei and may extend its 48-hour workweek. — Mauricio Savarese, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 The retiring congressman has at times bucked House Democratic leadership in voting with Republicans. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 However, on several high-profile votes, including those related to the Iran war, Fetterman has bucked his party and voted with Republicans. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2026 But, for a long time, it was believed Zavodovski Island had bucked this trend. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 Meta Platforms — Shares of the social media giant bucked the broader market trend, rising 6%. — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 In the 2002 midterms, Republicans again bucked the historical trend, gaining seats in both chambers following the post-9/11 political climate. — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026 Two go-their-own-way Democrats bucked the party on a routine procedural vote, angering colleagues and raising a red flag about potential party divisions to come. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 This trend bucked a long-prevailing assumption that city life was the population’s main horizon of career advancement and social mobility. — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucked
  1. yanked
  2. resisted
  3. handed
  4. jerked
  5. opposed
  6. passed
  7. lurched
  8. reached
Verb
  • With the wheels threatening to come off, Rays manager Kevin Cash yanked Seymour and put in Kevin Kelly.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Ignoring that rule could get flood insurance coverage yanked for an entire community.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of yanked
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  • But the city resisted at the time, arguing that the federal consent decree did not require aid during dry weather events, according to the Banner.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The court vacated the policy nationwide, impacting not only the Justice Department's efforts to get data from the states that have resisted as well as states that had already voluntarily complied.
    — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of resisted
Verb
  • Appropriately enough, the film is about a future when a super-intelligent AI has spread across the globe, and humanity has handed control to algorithms, which plunges the world into a crisis.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Missouri and South Carolina handed Florida its only two losses of the season, largely on the strength of their ability to stop the run game.
    — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of handed
Verb
  • During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of jerked
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  • The Johnson County District Attorney’s Office opposed recusal.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The arch is opposed by a small group of veterans and an architectural historian who sued in federal court in Washington, saying Congress must endorse the project.
    — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of opposed
Verb
  • In 2021, the Florida Legislature passed Senate Bill 1028, which first permitted public HEIs, with approval from the Florida Department of Education, to authorize charter schools.
    — Thibaut Delloue, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Medicaid cuts passed in a 2025 tax bill set to take effect next year are expected to exacerbate states’ problems.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of passed
Verb
  • The insurrection drew immediate and obvious parallels to the United States, which, during much of the past decade, has lurched alongside Brazil through a strange hall of mirrors.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
  • And there was a frenzy as one man, grimacing and sweating, lurched along pulling a truck with a rope.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of lurched
Verb
  • Instacart, meanwhile, reached the pinnacle of its success during the Covid-19 pandemic, when lockdowns sent millions of consumers to their phones to order up groceries.
    — Rob Wile, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The short sortie—which lasted about a mile and reached only about 70 feet in altitude—made the 320-foot-wide behemoth the largest airplane ever to take flight.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Oct. 2026
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