'Buck' definitions:

Definition of 'buck'

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noun
A gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting [syn: vaulting horse, long horse, buck]
noun
A piece of paper money worth one dollar [syn: dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam]
noun
United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973) [syn: Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck]
noun
A framework for holding wood that is being sawed [syn: sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, buck]
noun
Mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
verb
To strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion"
verb
Resist; "buck the trend" [syn: buck, go against]
verb
Move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" [syn: tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck]
verb
Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked" [syn: buck, jerk, hitch]

Definition of 'Buck'

From: GCIDE
  • Buck \Buck\ (b[u^]k), v. i.
  • 1. To copulate, as bucks and does. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Buck'

From: GCIDE
  • Buck \Buck\ (b[u^]k), n. [Akin to LG. b["u]ke, Dan. byg, Sw. byk, G. bauche: cf. It. bucato, Prov. Sp. bugada, F. bu['e]e.]
  • 1. Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The cloth or clothes soaked or washed. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Buck'

From: GCIDE
  • Buck \Buck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bucked (b[u^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Bucking.] [OE. bouken; akin to LG. b["u]ken, Dan. byge, Sw. byka, G. bauchen, beuchen; cf. OF. buer. Cf. the preceding noun.]
  • 1. To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Buck'

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  • Buck \Buck\, v. t.
  • 1. (Mil.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2. [1913 Webster]
  • The brute that he was riding had nearly bucked him out of the saddle. --W. E. Norris. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Buck'

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  • Buck \Buck\, n. A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck. [1913 Webster]
  • Buck saw, a saw set in a frame and used for sawing wood on a sawhorse. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Buck'

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  • Buck \Buck\, n. [See Beech, n.] The beech tree. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
  • Buck mast, the mast or fruit of the beech tree. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'buck'

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  • Sawhorse \Saw"horse`\, n. A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'buck'

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  • low-level \low-level\ adj.
  • 1. weak; not intense; as, low-level radiation. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. lower in rank or importance. [Narrower terms: {adjunct, assistant}; {associate(prenominal) ; {buck ; {deputy(prenominal), proxy(prenominal) ; {subject, dependent ; {subservient ] [Narrower terms: {under(prenominal) ; {ruled ; {secondary ] Also See inferior, subordinate. Antonym: dominant.
  • Syn: subordinate. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. at a low level in rank or importance; as, a low-level job; low-level discussions. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 4. occurring at a relatively low altitude; as, a low-level strafing run; low-level bombing. [WordNet 1.5] Lowlihood

Synonyms of 'buck'

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