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bucked

bucked
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [buhkt]
    • /bʌkt/
    • /bʌk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [buhkt]
    • /bʌkt/

Definitions of bucked word

  • adjective bucked cheered up 3
  • adjective bucked happy; elated. 1
  • abbreviation BUCKED bukh. 1
  • verb with object bucked to wash or bleach (clothes) in lye. 1
  • noun bucked lye used for washing clothes. 1
  • noun bucked clothes washed in lye. 1

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Origin of bucked

First appearance:

before 1905
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10; buck2 + -ed2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Bucked

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bucked popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for bucked

adj bucked

  • cheerful — Someone who is cheerful is happy and shows this in their behaviour.
  • chirpy — If you describe a person or their behaviour as chirpy, you mean they are very cheerful and lively.
  • gladsome — giving or causing joy; delightful.
  • in good spirits — cheerful

noun bucked

  • cashed — money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
  • fobbed — Archaic. to cheat; deceive.
  • jabbed — a poke with the end or point of something; a sharp, quick thrust.
  • jumped — to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
  • leapfrogged — Simple past tense and past participle of leapfrog.

verb bucked

  • clashed — Simple past tense and past participle of clash.
  • combated — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
  • contradicted — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
  • counteracted — Simple past tense and past participle of counteract.
  • counterchecked — Simple past tense and past participle of countercheck.

adjective bucked

  • zappy — energetic, lively, or fast-moving; zippy.
  • zingy — full of zing; lively; zesty; exciting: a zingy new musical comedy.

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