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adjective British Informal.Origin of buckedFirst recorded in 1905–10; buck2 + -ed2 Words nearby buckedbuck, buck and wing, buckaroo, buck bean, buckboard, bucked, buckeen, bucker, bucket, bucket about, bucket brigade Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for buckedHer parents were told to institutionalize her, but thankfully, they bucked the conventional advice. The Most Inspiring Bits of Temple Grandin’s Reddit AMA|Emily Shire|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Bloom, of course, both started and bucked the trend with How to Read and Why. John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature|Malcolm Forbes|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Born a peasant, she bucked the system, donned armor to save her country, and paid for those choices with her life. ‘Slut, Bitch, Dyke’—Joan of Arc and the Modern Military Woman|Mariette Kalinowski|August 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST The academic field is famously hostile to believers and Aslan has bucked that worldview. Jesus Needs Reza Aslan, Author of 'Zealot'|Kirsten Powers|August 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Kagan resigned the deanship in April 1992, lobbing a parting bomb at the faculty that bucked his administration. Donald Kagan on Western Civilization|David Frum|April 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST But by now he had forgotten all about Bud Lee and horses to ride and to be bucked off by. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch|Jackson Gregory Bucked and throwed me, but I kept my holt o' the stirrups with my foot—so! A Waif of the Plains|Bret Harte "I've not bucked against anything you've said or done since you've been here," he went on, speaking fast and grimly. T. Tembarom|Frances Hodgson Burnett They bucked away till noon with discouraging results, and came in with their gear smashed and a driving-rod fractured. The Nerve of Foley|Frank H. Spearman She reared and bucked and carried him hither and thither, but he flogged her between the ears without ceasing. Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales|Anonymous
Words related to buckedwithstand, oppose, traverse, duel, combat, jerk, contest, dislodge, bound, fight, jump, start, leap, repel, prance, throw, unseat, vault, trip, dispute |