0 present participle of buck --
1 (of a horse) to jump into the air and kick out with the back legs --
The figures represent not hanging around for a recession, but bucking the trend in times of economic strength in this nation.
To borrow a phrase, the cost of "bucking the market" will be very high indeed.
Several companies in my constituency have been bucking the trend.
If he is to straddle the bucking broncos of environment and energy, he is a titan indeed.
It is no good bucking the issue now when we know for certain that the taxpayer will have to pick up the bill later on.
It was an example of someone bucking the system with the assistance of the electorate, and having it changed.
They were bucking about, and in that way the fish were protected.
I have known people whose faces have been dreadfully disfigured by horses bucking or kicking and being out of control in a public place.