Buck

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A male deer.
  • noun. The male of various other mammals, such as antelopes, kangaroos, mice, or rabbits.
  • noun. Antelope considered as a group.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A robust or high-spirited young man.
  • noun. A fop.
  • noun. A Native American or black man.
  • noun. An act or instance of bucking.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Buckskin.
  • noun. Buckskin breeches or shoes.
  • intransitive verb. To leap upward arching the back.
  • intransitive verb. To charge with the head lowered; butt.
  • intransitive verb. To make sudden jerky movements; jolt.
  • intransitive verb. To resist stubbornly and obstinately; balk.
  • intransitive verb. To strive with determination.
  • intransitive verb. To throw or toss by bucking.
  • intransitive verb. To oppose directly and stubbornly; go against.
  • intransitive verb. To charge into (an opponent's line) carrying the ball.
  • intransitive verb. To butt against with the head.
  • adjective. Of the lowest rank in a specified military category.
  • phrasal verb. To summon one's courage or spirits; hearten.
  • noun. A sawhorse or sawbuck.
  • noun. A leather-covered frame used for gymnastic vaulting.
  • noun. A counter or marker formerly passed from one poker player to another to indicate an obligation, especially one's turn to deal.
  • noun. Obligation to account for something; responsibility.
  • transitive verb. To pass (a task or duty) to another, especially so as to avoid responsibility.
  • idiom. (the buck stops here) The ultimate responsibility rests here.
  • noun. A dollar.
  • noun. An amount of money.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To copulate, as bucks and does.
  • To butt: a sense referred also to buck 4 (which see).
  • noun. A violent effort of a horse or mule to rid itself of its rider or burden; the act of bucking.
  • To soak or steep (clothes) in lye, as in bleaching; wash in lye or suds; clean by washing and beating with a bat.
  • To bend; buckle.
  • To spring lightly.
  • To make a violent effort to throw off a rider or pack, by means of rapid plunging jumps performed by springing into the air, arching the back, and coming down with the fore legs perfectly stiff, the head being commonly held as low as possible: said of a horse or a mule.
  • To “kick”; make obstinate resistance or objection: as, to buck at improvements.
  • To punish by 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.
  • To throw, or attempt to throw (a rider), by bucking: as, the bronco bucked him off.
  • noun. A he-goat.
  • noun. The male of the deer, the antelope, the rabbit, or the hare: often used specifically of the male of the fallow-deer; a roebuck.
  • noun. A gay or fashionable man; a fop; a blood; a dandy.
  • noun. A male Indian.
  • noun. A male negro.
  • noun. The mark of a cuckold.
  • noun. Lye in which clothes are soaked in the operation of bleaching; the liquor in which clothes are washed.
  • noun. The cloth or clothes soaked or washed in lye or suds; a wash.
  • noun. The breast.
  • Word Usage
    "A 130in buck is still a damn fine animal regardless of what these idiots say."
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    Canuck  Chuck  Duck  Gluck  Puck  
    Same Context
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    antelope  bear  beast  boar  bull  
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    bucked  bucking  bucks