buck

1. 1.

   to strive with determination

   “John is bucking for a promotion”

   Broaderendeavor
2. 2.

   resist

   “buck the trend”

   Synonymsgo against

   Broaderreact
3. 3.

   move quickly and violently

   “The car tore down the street”

   “He came charging into my office”

   Synonymstearshootshoot downcharge

   Broaderrush

   Narrowerrip
4. 4.

   jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

   “the yung filly bucked”

   Synonymsjerkhitch

   Broadermove

Other forms of buck

plural

bucks·

past tense

bucked·

present participle

bucking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about buck

What does buck mean?

buck means "a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in buck?

buck has 1 syllable: buck. In IPA it is /ˈbʌk/.

What is another word for buck?

Close synonyms include vaulting horse, long horse, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is buck a common word?

buck is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with buck?

1 word rhymes with buck. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.