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bucked

verb , past tense of buck

Synonyms and Antonyms of bucked

1 to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion

the car bucked and stalled

Synonyms of bucked

hitched, hoicked, jerked, jolted, twitched, yanked

Words Related to bucked

bumped, jounced, lurched, pitched, staggered

jigged, jiggled, jogged, joggled, shook

dragged, lugged, pulled, tugged

plucked, tweaked

grabbed, ripped, snapped (up), snatched, tore, wrenched, wrested, wrung

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 of bucked

defied, fought, opposed, repelled, resisted, withstood

Words Related to bucked

battled, combated (or combatted), contended (with)

challenged, contested, contradicted, disputed

baffled, balked, foiled, frustrated, thwarted

checked, countered, hindered, obstructed, stemmed

Antonyms of bucked

bowed (to), capitulated (to), gave in (to), knuckled under (to), stooped (to), submitted (to), succumbed (to), surrendered (to), yielded (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 of bucked

handed, handed over, passed, reached, transferred

Words Related to bucked

relayed

bore, carried

fingered, handled, pawed

ceded, delivered, gave, gave up, released, relinquished, rendered, surrendered, turned over, yielded

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