buckings
Horse's violent jerks
Buckings is the plural of bucking, referring to instances of a horse or similar animal leaping with an arched back to throw off a rider: The bronco's violent buckings sent three cowboys to the dirt.
The term extends to any forceful resistance or opposition: Despite management's buckings against the union, workers voted to organize.
Untamed saddle horse
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
- bullSteer before castration
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- chapsProtective riding legwear
spurs · arena · chute · wrangler · corral · rider · bareback · halter
Domesticated riding animal
- broncoUnbroken saddle horse
- mustangFree-roaming feral horse
- mareFemale adult equine
- stallionIntact male breeding horse
rear · kick · throw · unseat · toss · jolt · lurch · pitching
Open resistance to authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- refusalAct of declining
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
insubordination · noncompliance · obstinacy · recalcitrance · stubbornness · dissent · intransigence · authority
bronc
Untamed saddle horse
chaps · spurs · arena · chute · wrangler · corral · rider · bareback · halter · flank
horse
Domesticated riding animal
stallion · rear · kick · throw · unseat · toss · jolt · lurch · pitching · unbroken
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- refusalAct of declining
opposition · insubordination · noncompliance · obstinacy · recalcitrance · stubbornness · dissent · intransigence · authority · control
buckingssubmissions
Items offered for consideration
compliances · cooperations · acquiescences · surrenders · compliance
- 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