buck | Definition of buck

buck

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of buck

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

the car bucked and stalled

Synonyms of buck

hitch, hoick, jerk, jolt, twitch, yank

Words Related to buck

bump, jounce, lurch, pitch, stagger

jig, jiggle, jog, joggle, shake

drag, lug, pull, tug

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 of buck

defy, fight, oppose, repel, resist, withstand

Words Related to buck

battle, combat, contend (with)

challenge, contest, contradict, dispute

baffle, balk, foil, frustrate, thwart

check, counter, hinder, obstruct, stem

Antonyms of buck

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 of buck

hand, hand over, pass, reach, transfer

Words Related to buck

finger, handle, paw

cede, deliver, give, give up, release, relinquish, render, surrender, turn over, yield