What does buck mean?

Definitions for buck
bʌkbuck

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word buck.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. vaulting horse, long horse, bucknoun

    a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting

  2. dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clamnoun

    a piece of paper money worth one dollar

  3. Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Bucknoun

    United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)

  4. sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, bucknoun

    a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

  5. buckverb

    mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)

  6. buckverb

    to strive with determination

    "John is bucking for a promotion"

  7. buck, go againstverb

    resist

    "buck the trend"

  8. tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buckverb

    move quickly and violently

    "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

  9. buck, jerk, hitchverb

    jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

    "the yung filly bucked"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. BUCKnoun

    Etymology: bauche, Germ. suds, or lye.

    Buck? I would I could wash myself of the buck: I warrant you, buck, and of the season too it shall appear. William Shakespeare.

    Of late, not able to travel with her furred pack, she washes bucks here at home. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. ii.

  2. BUCKnoun

    The male of the fallow deer; the male of rabbets, and other animals.

    Etymology: bwch, Welch; bock, Dutch; bouc, Fr.

    Bucks, goats, and the like, are said to be tripping or saliant, that is, going or leaping. Henry Peacham.

  3. To Buckverb

    To wash clothes.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    Here is a basket; he may creep in here, and throw foul linen upon him, as if it were going to bucking. William Shakespeare.

  4. To Buckverb

    To copulate as bucks and does.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    The chief time of setting traps, is in their bucking time. John Mortimer.

ChatGPT

  1. buck

    A buck is a term with several meanings: 1) In terms of animal species, it refers to the male of various mammals, such as deer, antelopes, rabbits or goats. 2) In finance, it's a slang term for the American dollar. 3) It can also denote a vertical jump performed by a horse or other animals, when they kick their hind legs in the air. 4) It might represent a push or thrust against something. 5) In card games, it is a marker indicating the next player to deal.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bucknoun

    lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed

  2. Bucknoun

    the cloth or clothes soaked or washed

  3. Buckverb

    to soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching

  4. Buckverb

    to wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water

  5. Buckverb

    to break up or pulverize, as ores

  6. Bucknoun

    the male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits

  7. Bucknoun

    a gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy

  8. Bucknoun

    a male Indian or negro

  9. Buckverb

    to copulate, as bucks and does

  10. Buckverb

    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

  11. Buckverb

    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

  12. Buckverb

    to throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2

  13. Bucknoun

    a frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck

  14. Bucknoun

    the beech tree

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Buck

    buk, n. the male of the deer, goat, hare, and rabbit—often used specifically of the male of the fallow-deer: a dashing young fellow.—v.i. (of a horse or mule—a Buck′jumper) to attempt to throw by a series of rapid jumps into the air, coming down with the back arched, the head down, and the forelegs stiff: (U.S.) to make obstinate resistance to any improvements.—ns. Buck′een, a poor Irish gentleman, without means to support his gentility; Buck′-eye, the American horse-chestnut; Buck′horn, the material of a buck's horn; Buck′-hound, a small kind of staghound used for hunting bucks; Buck′-shot, a large kind of shot, used in shooting deer; Buck′skin, a soft leather made of deerskin or sheepskin: a strong twilled woollen cloth, cropped of nap and carefully finished.—adj. made of the skin of a buck.—n.pl. Buck′skins, breeches made usually of the cloth, not of the leather.—ns. Buck′thorn, a genus of shrubs, the berry of which supplies the sap-green used by painters; Buck′-tooth, a projecting tooth. [A.S. buc, bucca; Dut. bok, Ger. bock, a he-goat.]

  2. Buck

    buk, v.t. to soak or steep in lye, a process in bleaching.—n. lye in which clothes are bleached.—n. Buck′-bas′ket, a basket in which clothes are carried to be bucked. [Ety. obscure; M. E. bouken; cog. words are Ger. bäuchen, beuchen.]

Rap Dictionary

  1. buckadjective

    To be crunk/krunk with a hostile intention. To be buck is to be hard to be ready to fight. "Knuck if you buck" means "hit me if you're hard". Knuck means to take a swing to hit. "Knuck if you buck" -- Crime Mob (Knuck If You Buck)

  2. buckverb

    To threaten by 'jumping' toward a person. e.g.: Roy Jones Jr.'s signature move was to buck at the opponent and after he flinched hit him. "We'll be knuckin if you buckin, you'll be duckin if you get too close" -- Crime Mob (Knuck If You Buck)

  3. buckverb

    To fight.

  4. buckverb

    To shoot. "He bulletproof everything 'case niggaz try and buck him." -- LLoyd Banks featuring 50 Cent (Warrior pt. II) "Before I buck lead, and make a lot of blood shed" Big L ('98 Freestyle)

  5. buckverb

    To cock your gun.

  6. bucknoun

    One dollar. "...call in collect to save a buck or two." -- Talib Kweli & Hi Tek (Beautiful Struggle)

  7. bucknoun

    Also a Houston, TX term for leather and woodgrain trim in a car. "All my car got leather and wood, in my hood we call it buck." -- UGK's Pimp-C on Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin."

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BUCK

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Buck is ranked #812 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Buck surname appeared 42,639 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 14 would have the surname Buck.

    88.1% or 37,565 total occurrences were White.
    5.7% or 2,435 total occurrences were Black.
    2% or 878 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.9% or 819 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.4% or 610 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.7% or 333 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of buck in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of buck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of buck in a Sentence

  1. Arliss Reed:

    We had pics of this buck in one area over the summer, then in the fall, nearly two miles away, I found about 40 rubs in a 200-yard stretch of creek-bottom willows. I set up a Double Bull blind, and the first evening I saw a pair of bucks, one that I’d have shot but he wasn’t in range. The next sit this guy came in. He’s an 11-point that grosses 168-6/8, and has a 13-inch G3. When I walked up to him, I realized I knew him from those summer pics.

  2. John Lasseter:

    We enjoyed making 'Frozen Fever' so much and being back in that world with those characters, jennifer Lee and Chris Buck have come up with a great idea for a sequel.

  3. David Kimberley:

    The latest surge in dogecoin is a continuation of the greater fool theory trend we’ve seen playing out over the past couple of months, more people are aware of what’s going on and are looking to jump on the gravy train to make a quick buck. It’s very likely that Elon Musk pumping the coin tomorrow on prime-time U.S. TV will only serve to compound things and push the price up.

  4. Rupert Murdoch:

    The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

  5. Matt Smith:

    That's where they get the most bang for the buck.

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