Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buck the trend

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: buck- the trend
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go against the norm or the current stand of the main population; have a differing opinion from the majority.

Example Sentences

"Incidentally, I'm not sure you're bucking the trend so much as going along with it; FTM crossplay is getting pretty popular, although you see more women going for bishounen and visual-kei genderfucky stars than anything else."
"However, one region bucking this trend by combatting the current deficiencies in skills development while simultaneously addressing sector demand is the West Midlands."
"Party has been relegated to near-irrelevance as Spain bucks European trend of shift towards far right[.]"

Inflected Forms

bucks the trend (present, singular) bucking the trend (participle, present) bucked the trend (participle, past) bucked the trend (past)

Synonyms

buck the tide go against the grain

Questions

What does buck the trend mean?: To go against the norm or the current stand of the main population; have a differing opinion from the majority.

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