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Buck

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Noun

1. buck, long horse, vaulting horse

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

2. buck, clam, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill

a piece of paper money worth one dollar

3. buck, pearl buck, pearl sydenstricker buck

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

4. buck, horse, sawbuck, sawhorse

a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

5. buck

mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)

Verb

6. buck

to strive with determination

Example Sentences:
'John is bucking for a promotion'

7. buck, go against

resist

Example Sentences:
'buck the trend'

8. buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear

move quickly and violently

Example Sentences:
'The car tore down the street'
'He came charging into my office'

9. buck, hitch, jerk

jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

Example Sentences:
'the yung filly bucked'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Buck

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noun
1. 
a. 
the male of various animals including the goat, hare, kangaroo, rabbit, and reindeer
b. 
(as modifier)
a buck antelope
2. South Africa
an antelope or deer of either sex
3. US informal
a young man
4. archaic
a robust spirited young man
5. archaic
a dandy; fop
6. 
the act of bucking
verb
7. (intransitive)
(of a horse or other animal) to jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
8. (transitive)
(of a horse, etc) to throw (its rider) by bucking
9. (when intr, often foll by against) informal, mainly US and Canadian
to resist or oppose obstinately
to buck against change
to buck change
10. (tr; usually passive) informal
to cheer or encourage
I was very bucked at passing the exam
11. US and Canadian informal
(esp of a car) to move forward jerkily; jolt
12. US and Canadian
to charge against (something) with the head down; butt
noun
1. US, Canadian and Australian
a dollar
2. South Africa
a rand
3.  a fast buck
4.  bang for one's buck
noun
1. gymnastics
a type of vaulting horse
2. US and Canadian
a stand for timber during sawing
. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): sawhorse
verb
3. (transitive) US and Canadian
to cut (a felled or fallen tree) into lengths
noun
1. poker
a marker in the jackpot to remind the winner of some obligation when his or her turn comes to deal
2.  pass the buck
3.  the buck stops here
noun
Pearl S(ydenstricker). 1892–1973, US novelist, noted particularly for her novel of Chinese life The Good Earth (1931): Nobel prize for literature 1938

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Buck

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Pearl(born Pearl Sydenstricker) 1892-1973; U.S. novelist
noun
1. Word forms: plural bucks or buck
a male deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, etc.
see also doe
2.  US
the act of bucking
3. 
a. 
buckskin
b.  [pl.]
casual oxford shoes, originally of buckskin, now usually of light-colored suede, nubuck, etc.
4.  Informal
a young man, esp. one who is bold, lively, vigorous, etc.
sometimes a contemptuous or patronizing term as applied to a young black or North American Indian man
5.  Archaic
a fop or dandy
verb intransitive
6.  US
to rear upward quickly and descend with the back arched and forelegs stiff, as in an attempt to throw off a rider
said of a horse, mule, etc.
7. 
to plunge forward with lowered head, as a goat
8.  US, Informal
to resist something as if plunging against it
9.  US, Informal
to move jerkily
said as of a car
verb transitive
10.  US
to dislodge or throw by bucking
11.  US, Informal
to resist stubbornly
adjective
12. 
male
13.  US
of the lowest military rating
buck private, buck sergeant
noun
1.  Rare
a sawbuck; sawhorse
2. 
a small gymnastics horse used especially for training
noun
1.  Poker; Obsolete
a counter placed before a player as a reminder to deal next, etc.
2.  Slang
a dollar

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Buck

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n.
1. A sawhorse or sawbuck.
2. A leather-covered frame used for gymnastic vaulting.
n.
1. Informal A dollar.
2. Informal An amount of money: working overtime to make an extra buck.
3. Slang
a. A large round amount of currency, especially a hundred dollars.
b. A hundred of some other units, especially miles per hour or pounds: was doing a buck twenty out on the Interstate; a boxer weighing in at a buck fifty.
n.
1. Games A counter or marker formerly passed from one poker player to another to indicate an obligation, especially one's turn to deal.
2. Informal Obligation to account for something; responsibility: tried to pass the buck for the failure to his boss.
tr.v. bucked, buck·ing, bucks
Informal
To pass (a task or duty) to another, especially so as to avoid responsibility: "We will see the stifling of initiative and the increased bucking of decisions to the top" (Winston Lord).
American writer whose life as a missionary in China lent a vivid immediacy to her novels, including The Good Earth (1931). She won the 1938 Nobel Prize for literature.
n.
1.
a. A male deer.
b. The male of various other mammals, such as antelopes, kangaroos, mice, or rabbits.
c. Antelope considered as a group: a herd of buck.
2.
a. A robust or high-spirited young man.
b. A fop.
3. Offensive A Native American or black man.
4. An act or instance of bucking: a horse that unseated its rider on the first buck.
5.
a. Buckskin.
b. bucks Buckskin breeches or shoes.
v. bucked, buck·ing, bucks
v.intr.
1. To leap upward arching the back: The horse bucked in fright.
2. To charge with the head lowered; butt.
3. To make sudden jerky movements; jolt: The motor bucked and lurched before it finally ran smoothly.
4. To resist stubbornly and obstinately; balk.
5. Informal To strive with determination: bucking for a promotion.
v.tr.
1. To throw or toss by bucking: buck off a rider; bucked the packsaddle off its back.
2. To oppose directly and stubbornly; go against: "Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the country, is bucking the trend" (American Demographics).
3. Football To charge into (an opponent's line) carrying the ball.
4. To butt against with the head.
adj.
Of the lowest rank in a specified military category: a buck private; a buck sergeant.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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