BUCKING Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

bucking

verb

present participle of buck

as in yanking

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion the car bucked and stalled

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as in resisting

to refuse to give in to bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years

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as in handing

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

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Recent Examples of bucking Apple has been bucking the tech rout with gains that could put it on track to end the week in the green. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 Analysts noted that the brand was bucking trends among Chinese consumers, where most luxury brands have been faltering this quarter. — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026 However, larger institutions bucking the trend are finding real capability, particularly in tech roles. — Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The stomach was on a gimbal that’s basically a bucking bronco. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 As of Wednesday, the KBW bank index is down nearly 11% over the past month, bucking the S&P 500’s 1% advance. — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 Chick-fil-A is bucking a growing fast-food industry trend, with CEO Andrew Cathy saying the chicken chain does not plan to use artificial intelligence to take customers' drive-thru orders. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Those heavy-for-caliber projectiles penetrate well and shoot flat and do a decent job of bucking the wind thanks to their high ballistic coefficients. — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026 But as energy costs have jumped in many parts of the country over the last year — driven in part by data center development and rising gas prices amid the war with Iran — Connecticut is bucking the trend. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucking

Verb

Shortly after, the video shows the same officer yanking him to the ground, punching and kicking him.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Zabransky was the first person to reach Rabb in the end zone, yanking him into the air for a bear hug.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of yanking

Verb

He was arrested for drug possession and resisting arrest, among other charges, and his girlfriend, riding with him, was charged with drug possession.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026
White was charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers or employees.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of resisting

Verb

Abner Uribe and Aaron Ashby combined for five strikeouts in three scoreless innings of relief before handing the ball to Megill.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026
Milwaukee’s hottest hitter William Contreras led off the inning with his second hit of the game - a single into left field - which led Tampa Bay to make another pitching change, this time handing the ball to Garrett Cleavinger.

— Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of handing

Verb

And like any great sitcom, Friends runs the gamut from numbing brain-rot to tear-jerking sentimentality.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026
Even after a bailiff woke him up, Martin slumped over in his wheelchair, inside a courtroom bullpen, occasionally jerking and opening his eyes.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of jerking

Verb

But, that doesn’t mean companies need to sacrifice and give into the pressure of opposing conference games in order to get the better rating.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Powered by a defensive unit that tallied three takeaways, four sacks and limited the opposing offense to 156 yards, UCLA earned its seventh win of the season Saturday afternoon at the Rose Bowl, trouncing Michigan State 28-10.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of opposing

Verb

Walker enters this game with 106 carries and 21 passing targets (14 receptions) in just five games.

— Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
These showers won’t make their way to Sacramento, but a few passing clouds over the region are expected late morning and early afternoon as the decaying pulse of earlier rain passes.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of passing

Verb

One of the most fun parts of writing comedy is coming up with alt after alt after alt for a joke, pulling ever-increasingly stupid punch lines out of one’s ass.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
The deputy made a U-turn and saw the man, who deputies say is 49-year-old Brenton Burke, kneeling under the truck’s steering column and pulling wires, the arrest report states.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of pulling

Verb

After a handful of supremely mellow releases that blended lurching ’90s breakbeats with wintry, Mazzy Star-like songwriting, their third album dives into a vat of mercurial distortion and slippery, all-consuming bass.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
Irvine, who was commuting home from his job as a technician in a dark blue Volkswagen hatchback, came to an abrupt stop in free-flowing traffic, lurching to the far-right lane.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of lurching

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