To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.
Used in a Sentence
bucked
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bucked.
Editorial note
It was one of the few sectors that bucked the trend of the global financial crisis for fuck's sake.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of bucked gathered in one view.
To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water
(intransitive) To copulate, as bucks and does.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for bucked.
verb
To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.
verb
To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water
verb
(intransitive) To copulate, as bucks and does.
verb
(intransitive) To bend; buckle.
Example sentences
It was one of the few sectors that bucked the trend of the global financial crisis for fuck's sake.
Assuming you found one who bucked the trend and wasn't bankrupt of responsibility already, what could he actually do?
When there was a monoculture, individual legislators (say, Tip O'Neil) bucked the central tendency to...
The Air Force officer corps largely consisted of careerist sycophants who wouldn't have accepted anything that bucked the conventional wisdom of Bigger-Higher-Faster-Further.
In his case though, he's never attracted to Caucasian women so even though he could've bucked the trend he chose not to.
He or she has bucked the system, questioned authority, pushed their boundaries, found limits, and circumvented them.
As someone who bucked the traditional route to get here I can assure you it's feasible.
They bucked hay for a certain number hours, and then went home.
You have to get back on the horse that bucked you.
If he is sincere in his motivations, then I'm sure this isn't the first time that he has bucked a system.
That being said, a small percentage of guys I know have occasionally bucked the trend.
Maybe they could have withstood it, maybe they bucked early.
Quote examples
It's a cowboy and a horse and it says "if you've never been bucked then you've never ridden."
I expected google to have bucked the corporate trend and have the "flying car" of login pages.
The only protocol I can think of that has bucked this trend is IRC, which has moved from a "few big networks" model to a bevy of smaller ones since the mid-2000s.
I also find it weird that someone born 1980 who was an adult when the web was first really exploding is a "millenial" and bucked with people born 2000 who will have grown up with the internet permanently connected.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use bucked in a sentence?
It was one of the few sectors that bucked the trend of the global financial crisis for fuck's sake.
What does bucked mean?
To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.
What part of speech is bucked?
bucked is commonly used as verb.