Bucked

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /bʌkt/

Definitions

1. The form indicating a past action of jumping or kicking forcefully ; the form indicating a past action of resisting or opposing authority or pressure
2. Used to describe when someone or something jumped or kicked suddenly ; used to describe when a person or group strongly resisted rules or control
3. Refers to a past movement characterized by a sudden jump or kick ; refers to a previous act of opposing or defying an established order

Etymology: The past tense "bucked" comes from the verb "buck," which took the sense "jump up suddenly" from a much older idea of bending. The verb descends from a Proto-West Germanic root meaning "to bend, bend repeatedly," and it sits in the same family as "bow" and "elbow." A horse that arches its back and kicks up its hindquarters is, in a sense, bending itself sharply, and that physical picture is the link between the animal's movement and the older verb. The verb is not connected to the male goat or the sawhorse, though those senses share the spelling. "Buck" meaning "male goat" comes from a separate Old English word, and it only influenced the verb in some uses. The bending sense also has a dialect line of its own, meaning "to give in, yield," which is where the notion of giving way under pressure appears.

Synonyms: rebelled, resisted, defied, disobeyed, opposed

Antonyms: complied, submitted, accepted, yielded, conformed