bucked
happy; elated.
Origin of bucked
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How to use bucked in a sentence
Her parents were told to institutionalize her, but thankfully, they bucked the conventional advice.
The Most Inspiring Bits of Temple Grandin’s Reddit AMA | Emily Shire | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBloom, of course, both started and bucked the trend with How to Read and Why.
John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature | Malcolm Forbes | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBorn a peasant, she bucked the system, donned armor to save her country, and paid for those choices with her life.
‘Slut, Bitch, Dyke’—Joan of Arc and the Modern Military Woman | Mariette Kalinowski | August 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe academic field is famously hostile to believers and Aslan has bucked that worldview.
Mr. Kagan resigned the deanship in April 1992, lobbing a parting bomb at the faculty that bucked his administration.
The sailors would just as soon I had left out that remark about the enemy being bucked up by the retreat of our battleships.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonI wanted her to switch some papers on young Mr. Houston for me, and she bucked against it.
The White Desert | Courtney Ryley CooperShe took the spark finely, and was apparently in as good shape as before she had "bucked" with Perry.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends | Stanley R. Matthews"You look quite bucked up now," said Wilkins, as he pulled out a chair beside a marble-topped table.
Isle o' Dreams | Frederick F. MooreThey bucked away till noon with discouraging results, and came in with their gear smashed and a driving-rod fractured.
The Nerve of Foley | Frank H. Spearman
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