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
vaulting horse, long horse, bucknoun
a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clamnoun
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Bucknoun
United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, bucknoun
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
buckverb
mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
buckverb
to strive with determination
"John is bucking for a promotion"
buck, go againstverb
resist
"buck the trend"
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buckverb
move quickly and violently
"The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
buck, jerk, hitchverb
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
"the yung filly bucked"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Bucknoun
lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed
Bucknoun
the cloth or clothes soaked or washed
Buckverb
to soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching
Buckverb
to wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water
Buckverb
to break up or pulverize, as ores
Bucknoun
the male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits
Bucknoun
a gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy
Bucknoun
a male Indian or negro
Buckverb
to copulate, as bucks and does
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
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
Buckverb
to throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2
Bucknoun
a frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck
Bucknoun
the beech tree
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
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
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)
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)
buckverb
To fight.
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)
buckverb
To cock your gun.
bucknoun
One dollar. "...call in collect to save a buck or two." -- Talib Kweli & Hi Tek (Beautiful Struggle)
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
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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Buck in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Buck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Buck in a Sentence
Fitch Ratings analyst Greg Fayvilevich:
Investors are getting used to it. There's no longer a break the buck mentality anymore.
What they don’t want, I think deep down, is for people just to do a home on 'Fixer Upper' with that intent of just VRBO-ing it to try and make a buck. They really do put their heart and soul into the home for that family, or that couple or that person.
Is there any funding so I can do these things that you want us to do? No. That is passing the buck without passing the bucks.
They may have to 'break the buck' and raise prices, but the risk there is that by doing so they could piss off a lot of people and not get them back.
You see a lot of changing going on in the public’s mind. I think they’re focusing less on COVID, more on the other long-standing issues that the state has been facing, the state has some major issues, and he’s the governor. The buck stops there.
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From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- وعل, كبشArabic
- долар, мъжкар, самецBulgarian
- boc, cérvolCatalan, Valencian
- Rammler, sich widersetzen, Bock, RüdeGerman
- macho, pavo, gamo, caballerete, pavos, buco, corcovear, pisaverdeSpanish
- pokkuroida, taala, pukki, vikuroida, kolli, musta pekka, saturainen, syntipukki, uros, satku, koiras, huntti, keikariFinnish
- havurFaroese
- ruer, piasse, boucFrench
- pocIrish
- fear-choineanScottish Gaelic
- dolcsi, piperkőc, bakHungarian
- hafurIcelandic
- centinaio, moscardino, sgroppare, responsabilità, antilope, damerino, lepre, camoscio, dainoItalian
- 불Korean
- tūpekeMāori
- bok, bokkenDutch
- bįįhkąʼNavajo, Navaho
- machoPortuguese
- зелёный, самец, бакс, щегольRussian
- 降壓Chinese
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