buck
The definition of a buck is slang for a dollar, or an adult male animal, often with antlers.
(noun)- An example of a buck is a dollar.
- An example of a buck is a male deer.
To buck is to resist or to move forward in a jerking motion.
(verb)- An example of buck is to resist the system's usual routine.
- An example of buck is the motion of a animal when it is trying to throw off a rider.
See buck in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- pl. bucks or buck a male deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, etc.
- ☆ the act of bucking
- buckskin
- casual oxford shoes, originally of buckskin, now usually of light-colored suede, nubuck, etc.
- 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
- Archaic a fop or dandy
Origin: ME bukke < OE bucca, male goat < IE base *bhuĝo- > Ger bock, Du bok, Ir boc
intransitive verb
- ☆ 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.
- to plunge forward with lowered head, as a goat
- ☆ Informal to resist something as if plunging against it
- ☆ Informal to move jerkily: said as of a car
transitive verb
- ☆ to dislodge or throw by bucking
- ☆ Informal to resist stubbornly
adjective
- male
- ☆ of the lowest military rating: buck private, buck sergeant
Related Forms:
- bucker noun
noun
- Now Rare a sawbuck; sawhorse
- a small gymnastics horse used especially for training
Origin: < sawbuck
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noun
- Poker, Historical a counter placed before a player as a reminder to deal next, etc.
- Slang a dollar
Origin: < ? buckskin, used as a medium of exchange
See buck in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. The adult male of some animals, such as the deer, antelope, or rabbit.b. Antelope considered as a group: a herd of buck.
- a. A robust or high-spirited young man.b. A fop.
- Offensive A Native American or Black man.
- An act or instance of bucking: a horse that unseated its rider on the first buck.
- a. Buckskin.b. bucks Buckskin breeches or shoes.
- To leap upward arching the back: The horse bucked in fright.
- To charge with the head lowered; butt.
- To make sudden jerky movements; jolt: The motor bucked and lurched before it finally ran smoothly.
- To resist stubbornly and obstinately; balk.
- Informal To strive with determination: bucking for a promotion.
- To throw or toss by bucking: buck off a rider; bucked the packsaddle off its back.
- To oppose directly and stubbornly; go against: “Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the country, is bucking the trend” (American Demographics).
- Football To charge into (an opponent's line) carrying the ball.
- Archaic To butt against with the head.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English bukke
Origin: , from Old English buc, male deer,
Origin: and bucca, male goat
.Related Forms:
- buckˈer noun
noun
- A sawhorse or sawbuck.
- A leather-covered frame used for gymnastic vaulting.
Origin:
Origin: Alteration (influenced by buck1)
Origin: of Dutch bok, male goat, trestle
Origin: , from Middle Dutch boc
.noun
Informal
- A dollar.
- An amount of money: working overtime to make an extra buck.
Origin:
Origin: Short for buckskin (from its use in trade)
.noun
Games
- A counter or marker formerly passed from one poker player to another to indicate an obligation, especially one's turn to deal.
- Informal Obligation to account for something; responsibility: tried to pass the buck for the failure to his boss.
Informal
Origin:
Origin: Short for buckhorn knife (from its use as a marker in poker)
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