bucking

Verb (1)

buck (third-person singular simple present bucks, present participle bucking, simple past and past participle bucked)

1. (intransitive) To copulate, as bucks and does.

Verb (2)

buck (third-person singular simple present bucks, present participle bucking, simple past and past participle bucked)

1. (intransitive) To bend; buckle.
2. (intransitive) To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.
   • At the same time we got speared, the horses got speared too, and jumped and bucked all about, and got into the swamp.1849, Jackey Jackey, The Statement of the Aboriginal Native Jackey Jackey, who Accompanied Mr. Kennedy, William Carron, Narrative of an Expedition Undertaken Under the Direction of the Late Mr....
3. (transitive) To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
   • The brute that he was riding had nearly bucked him out of the saddle.1886, W. E. Norris, A Bachelor's Blunder
4. (broadly, intransitive) To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
   • The vice president bucked at the board’s latest solution.
5. (broadly, intransitive) To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
   • The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely.

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