buck

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(bŭk)

1. a. The adult male of some animals, such as the deer, antelope, or rabbit.
   b. 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.

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.

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. Archaic To butt against with the head.

Related Forms:

• buckˈer noun

(bŭk)

1. A sawhorse or sawbuck.
2. A leather-covered frame used for gymnastic vaulting.

(bŭk)

1. A dollar.
2. An amount of money: working overtime to make an extra buck.

(bŭk)

1. 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.

(bŭk), Pearl Sydenstricker 1892-1973.