bucking
Arched back jump
Bucking is the action of a horse or similar animal jumping with an arched back and stiff legs, trying to throw off a rider: The bronco was bucking wildly.
Extended to machinery, bucking describes jerky, uncontrolled movement: The engine kept bucking.
To be bucking something is to resist or oppose it: bucking the system, bucking the trend.
In forestry, bucking means cutting felled trees into logs.
Cowboy skills competition
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
- riderOne who mounts transport
- arenaVenue for contests
- chuteInclined passage for descent
spurs · saddle · corral · bull · clown · barrelman · lasso · chaps
Cannot be anticipated
- jerkyCured meat snack
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- lurchingMoving unsteadily, abruptly
- joltingShaking with sudden force
bouncing · pitching · thrashing · rearing · kicking · twisting · gyrating · convulsing
Open resistance to authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- refusalAct of declining
dissent · disobedience · insubordination · noncompliance · rejection · recalcitrance · stubbornness · pushback
rodeo
Cowboy skills competition
chute · spurs · saddle · corral · bull · clown · barrelman · lasso · chaps · stampede
unpredictable
Cannot be anticipated
jolting · bouncing · pitching · thrashing · rearing · kicking · twisting · gyrating · convulsing · shuddering
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- rebellionDefiance of established power
refusal · dissent · disobedience · insubordination · noncompliance · rejection · recalcitrance · stubbornness · pushback · challenge
stallion
Intact male breeding horse
canter · mane · hoof · equestrian · equine · foal · colt · filly · bridle · pasture
vibration
Rapid oscillating movement
engine · chainsaw · transmission · kickback · recoil · surge · lurch · misfire · carburetor · idle
- Horse Problemscribbing, weaving, rearing, biting, kicking
- Bullsbull market, bull pen, bull riding, bull run, bull terrier
- rodeobull riding, bareback riding, bronc riding, calf roping, team roping
- forestrysilviculture, forests, forestry, reforestation, timber
- loggingloggers, lumberjacks, chainsaws, chainsaw, felling
- Northwoods heritagelogging camps, lumberjacks, sawmills, lumber camps, timber industry
buckingconforming
Meeting accepted standards
complying · submitting · surrendering · yielding · obeying
- bucking broncoUnbroken horse resisting riders
- bucking upSummoning resolve or cheer
- bucking the system
- bucking the trendOpposing prevailing direction
- bucking bullRodeo animal that throws riders
- bucking forAggressively pursuing advancement