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1. (n.) buck
the male of the deer, antelope, rabbit, hare, sheep, goat, and certain other animals.
2. buck
a casual oxford shoe made of buckskin, often in white or a neutral color .
3. buck
Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. (a contemptuous term used to refer to a male American Indian or black.)
4. (adj.) buck
of the lowest rank within a military designation:
buck private.
5. (v.i.) buck
(of a saddle or pack animal) to leap with arched back and land with head low and forelegs stiff .
6. buck
to resist or oppose obstinately; object strongly:
to buck at a suggestion.
7. buck
(of a vehicle, motor, or the like) to operate unevenly; move by jerks and bounces.
8. (v.t.) buck
to throw or attempt to throw (a rider) by bucking.
9. buck
to force a way through or proceed against (an obstacle):
The plane bucked a strong headwind.
10. buck
to strike with the head; butt .
11. buck
to resist or oppose obstinately; object strongly to.
12. buck
to gamble, play, or take a risk against:
to buck the odds.
13. buck
buck for, to strive or compete for (a promotion, raise, etc.).
14. buck
buck up, to make or become cheerful.
15. (n.) buck
an act of bucking.
16. (n.) buck
a sawhorse.
17. buck
a leather-covered block, used in gymnastics for vaulting.
18. (n.) buck
an object used by a poker player as a marker for who has the deal, for an ante, etc.
19. buck
ultimate responsibility:
The buck stops here.
20. (v.t.) buck
to pass (something) along to another.
21. (adv.) buck
completely; stark:
buck naked.
22. (n.) buck
a dollar .
23. (n.) Buck
Pearl (Sydenstricker), 1892–1973, U.S . novelist: Nobel prize 1938.
Definition of 'buck'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun) vaulting horse, long horse, buck
a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
2. (noun) dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
3. (noun) Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
4. (noun) sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, buck
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
5. (verb) buck
mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
6. (verb) buck
to strive with determination
"John is bucking for a promotion"
7. (verb) buck, go against
resist
"buck the trend"
8. (verb) tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
move quickly and violently
"The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
9. (verb) buck, jerk, hitch
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
"the yung filly bucked"
1. (noun) buck
a dollar
It only cost a couple bucks.
2. buck
used in phrases to mean "money"
3. buck
make/earn big bucks
to earn a lot of money
4. buck
a male deer
***He shot a huge buck.
5. buck
the buck stops with
indicates who is responsible
Ultimately, the buck stops with the President.
Definition of 'buck'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun) buck
lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed
2. (noun) buck
the cloth or clothes soaked or washed
3. (noun) buck
the male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits
4. (noun) buck
a gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy
5. (noun) buck
a male Indian or negro
6. (noun) buck
a frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck
7. (noun) buck
the beech tree
8. (verb) buck
to soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching
9. (verb) buck
to wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water
10. (verb) buck
to break up or pulverize, as ores
11. (verb) buck
to copulate, as bucks and does
12. (verb) buck
to spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule
13. (verb) buck
to subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees
14. (verb) buck
to throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2
Sense: the male of the deer, hare, rabbit etc
a buck and a doe.
Afrikaans: bokram
Arabic: ذَكّرُ الظَّبي / الأرْنَب
Bulgarian: мъжки елен, самец, мъжкот
Brazilian: macho
Czech: kozel, jelen, samec
German: der Bock
Danish: han; buk
Greek: αρσενικό ελάφι, λαγός ή κ
Spanish: macho
Estonian: isasloom
Farsi: نر
Finnish: uros
French: mâle
Hebrew: צְבִי זָכַר
Hindi: मृग, हिरन
Croatian: mužjak
Hungarian: hím
Indonesian: (rusa, kelinci) jantan
Italian: maschio (di cervo, daino,
Japanese: 雄鹿
Korean: 수사슴
Lithuanian: elnias, kiškis, stirninas
Latvian: (briežu, zaķu u.tml.) tēv
Malay: rusa jantan
Dutch: mannetjesdier
Norwegian: hann (av hjort, hare, kan
Polish: kozioł, samiec
Persian: نر
Pashto: نر
Portuguese: macho
Romanian: căprior, iepuroi; mascul
Russian: самец
Slovak: cap, samec
Slovenian: samec
Serbian: mužjak
Swedish: bock, hanne
Thai: สัตว์ตัวผู้
Turkish: erkek geyik/tavşan
Taiwanese: 雄鹿,公兔等
Ukrainian: самець
Urdu: نر ہرن ، خرگوش
Vietnamese: hươu, hoẵng, nai, thỏ...
Chinese: 雄鹿,公兔等
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