buck – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of buck

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to buck
Participle: bucked
Gerund: bucking

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ibuck
youbuck
he;she;itbucks
webuck
youbuck
theybuck

Perfect

Ihave bucked
youhave bucked
he;she;ithas bucked
wehave bucked
youhave bucked
theyhave bucked

Past

Ibucked
youbucked
he;she;itbucked
webucked
youbucked
theybucked

Pluperfect

Ihad bucked
youhad bucked
he;she;ithad bucked
wehad bucked
youhad bucked
theyhad bucked

Future

Iwill buck
youwill buck
he;she;itwill buck
wewill buck
youwill buck
theywill buck

Future Perfect

Iwill have bucked
youwill have bucked
he;she;itwill have bucked
wewill have bucked
youwill have bucked
theywill have bucked

Subjunctive

Present

Ibuck
youbuck
he;she;itbuck
webuck
youbuck
theybuck

Perfect

Ihave bucked
youhave bucked
he;she;ithave bucked
wehave bucked
youhave bucked
theyhave bucked

Imperfect

Ibucked
youbucked
he;she;itbucked
webucked
youbucked
theybucked

Pluperfect

Ihad bucked
youhad bucked
he;she;ithad bucked
wehad bucked
youhad bucked
theyhad bucked

Conditional

Present

Iwould buck
youwould buck
he;she;itwould buck
wewould buck
youwould buck
theywould buck

Perfect

Iwould have bucked
youwould have bucked
he;she;itwould have bucked
wewould have bucked
youwould have bucked
theywould have bucked

Imperative

youbuck
weLet's buck
youbuck

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam bucking
youare bucking
he;she;itis bucking
weare bucking
youare bucking
theyare bucking

Perfect

Ihave been bucking
youhave been bucking
he;she;ithas been bucking
wehave been bucking
youhave been bucking
theyhave been bucking

Past

Iwas bucking
youwere bucking
he;she;itwas bucking
wewere bucking
youwere bucking
theywere bucking

Pluperfect

Ihad been bucking
youhad been bucking
he;she;ithad been bucking
wehad been bucking
youhad been bucking
theyhad been bucking

Future

Iwill be bucking
youwill be bucking
he;she;itwill be bucking
wewill be bucking
youwill be bucking
theywill be bucking

Future Perfect

Iwill have been bucking
youwill have been bucking
he;she;itwill have been bucking
wewill have been bucking
youwill have been bucking
theywill have been bucking

Conditional

Present

Iwould be bucking
youwould be bucking
he;she;itwould be bucking
wewould be bucking
youwould be bucking
theywould be bucking

Perfect

Iwould have been bucking
youwould have been bucking
he;she;itwould have been bucking
wewould have been bucking
youwould have been bucking
theywould have been bucking

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'buck'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'buck'

back, beck, bulk, bunk, burk, busk, cuck, duck, fuck, huck,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ-ko-s
4. Proto-Germanic *bukkaz
5. Proto-Germanic *bukkô
6. Proto-West Germanic *bukkō
7. Old English bucca
8. Middle English bukke
9. English buck
10. Inherited from Middle English bukke. Doublet of puck (“billy goat”).
11. Currency-related senses hail from American English, a clipping of buckskin as a unit of trade among Native Americans and Europeans in frontier days (attested from 1748).
12. The idea of rigidly standing implements is instilled by Dutch bok (“sawhorse”) as in zaagbok (“sawbuck”).
13. The sense of an object indicating someone’s turn then occurred in American English, possibly originating from the game poker, where a knife (typically with a hilt made from a stag horn) was used as a place-marker to signify whose turn it was to deal. The place-marker was commonly referred to as a buck, which reinforced the term “pass the buck” used in poker, and eventually a silver dollar was used in place of a knife, which also led to a dollar being referred to as a buck.

Verbs referencing "buck"

English butcher, Swedish byka.

Sample Sentences

  • 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. Assistant Surveyor E. B. Kennedy, 2004 Gutenberg Australia eBook #0201121,
  • At the same time we got speared, the horses got speared too, and jumped and bucked all about, and got into the swamp.
  • The brute that he was riding had nearly bucked him out of the saddle. [1886, W. E. Norris, A Bachelor's Blunder:]
  • The vice president bucked at the board’s latest solution.
  • The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely.
  • The plane bucked a strong headwind.
  • Our managers have to learn to buck the trend and do the right thing for their employees.
  • John is really bucking the odds on that risky business venture. He's doing quite well.
  • I spoke to him in London recently and suggested he was bucking an age-old system. Surely popular performers studied the possible reactions of their audience in advance when deciding on a new approach? [1977 November 20, Dave Gelly, “No more Ziggy as David Bowie becomes his own man”, in The Observer:]
  • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
  • [I] Asked if he wanted to go to a punk rock concert Saturday & he had another engagement but he would buck it because it sure sounded much more fun going with me.
  • Well he yoked the ass up to the cart. And then the holy ructions it did start. Well he bucked it in the air and he bucked it all around. Till he smashed the buckin' cart upon the ground. [1997 February 20, “Mickey's buckin' ass”performed by Richie Kavanagh:]
  • Thatch had come down the stairs and chimed in: "Isn't he an awful buckin' eejit?" [2003, Sam Stewart, The Druid, page 195:]
  • "Was he a buccaneer?" I asked. "No, eejit!" Lionel said. Never one to pass up a play on words, he continued, "He's a buckin' IRA man and he's gathering up an army in the Irish Free State. He says he's going to march up to Ulster and drive all of us Protestants into the Irish Sea!" [2010, The Other Belfast, page 155:]
  • "I can see the headlines in the morning, taxi man bucking hangs himself. [2012 January 28, 20:01 from the start, in Mrs Brown's Boys (Mammy's Going) (2), episode 5, spoken by Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll):]
  • I will buck a French lad, Erin. I will buck a French lad, so help me God. [2018 January 11, 13:39 from the start, in Derry Girls (1), episode 2, spoken by Michelle Mallon (Jamie-Lee O'Donnell):]
  • Protestors chanted "You're not wanted here" and held up placards with slogans such as "Buck off" - a pun on Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck's name - and "No to racist Ricketts". [2022 April 2, Emma Smith, “Watch: 'Buck off!' - Chelsea fans stage 'No to racist Ricketts' ownership protest outside Stamford Bridge”, in goal.com:]
  • If I buck a paigon, I will disappoint his mum [2020 July 20, “Straight Facts” (0:35 from the start), Broadday (lyrics):]
  • I go mad when I buck me a opper, chest and back and I fucked up his posture [2021 June 9, “T.R.A.P” (0:10 from the start), 88 (ZT) (lyrics):]