Definition of bucks Bucks
/bʌˈks/ - [buks] - Bucks
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What does bucks mean?
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NounPlural: bucks |
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| buck - mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope) | ||
| eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | ||
| buck - United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973) | ||
| Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck | ||
| buck - a framework for holding wood that is being sawed | ||
| sawhorse, horse, sawbuck | ||
| framework a structure supporting or containing something | ||
| buck - a piece of paper money worth one dollar | ||
| dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, clam | ||
| bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, federal reserve note, government note, greenback, note, bill a characteristic emotional quality; "it ended on a sour note"; "there was a note of gaiety in her manner"; "he detected a note of sarcasm" | ||
| buck - a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting | ||
| vaulting horse, long horse | ||
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| buck - jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked" | ||
| jerk, hitch | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| buck - resist; "buck the trend" | ||
| go against | ||
| react, oppose undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react" | ||
| buck - to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion" | ||
| endeavor, endeavour, strive attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy" | ||
| buck - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" | ||
| tear, shoot, shoot down, charge | ||
| belt along, rush along, pelt along, hotfoot, hie, cannonball along, bucket along, step on it, hasten, race, speed, rush compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" | ||
| shoot up rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight" | ||
| scoot, scud, dart, dash, flash, shoot run before a gale | ||
| rip criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly" | ||
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Wiktionary
- buck (Noun)
A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad. - buck (Noun)
An uncastrated sheep, a ram. - buck (Noun)
A young buck ; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man. - buck (Noun)
A fop or dandy. - buck (Noun)
A black or Native American man. - buck (Noun)
A dollar one hundred cents. - buck (Noun)
A rand currency unit. - buck (Noun)
One hundred. - buck (Noun)
An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes. - buck (Noun)
Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing. - buck (Noun)
The body of a post mill , particularly in East Anglia . See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery . - buck (Noun)
One million dollars. - buck (Noun)
A euro. - buck (Noun)
The beech tree. - buck (Verb)
To copulate, as bucks and does. - buck (Verb)
To bend; buckle. - buck (Verb)
To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind leg s upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack. - buck (Verb)
To throw a rider or pack by bucking. - buck (Verb)
To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of 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. - buck (Verb)
To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly. - buck (Verb)
To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner. - buck (Verb)
To overcome or shed e. g. , an impediment or expectation, in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite an obstacle; to resist or proceed against. - buck (Verb)
To press a reinforcing device bucking bar against the force of a rivet in order to absorb vibration and increase expansion. See Wikipedia: Rivet:Installation. - buck (Verb)
To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- buck (n.)
Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed. - buck (n.)
The cloth or clothes soaked or washed. - buck (v. t.)
To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching. - buck (v. t.)
To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water. - buck (v. t.)
To break up or pulverize, as ores. - buck (n.)
The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits. - buck (n.)
A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy. - buck (n.)
A male Indian or negro. - buck (v. i.)
To copulate, as bucks and does. - buck (v. i.)
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. - buck (v. t.)
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. - buck (v. t.)
To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2. - buck (n.)
A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck. - buck (n.)
The beech tree.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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buck
A male rabbit. -
buck
A bill having a value of 1 American dollar.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.] -
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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.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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buck
To wash a sail.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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buck
A blind horse; also a gay debauchee.
