Buck Definition
- bull
- stag
- sire
- one dollar bill
- clam
- dollar-bill
- dollar
- Pearl Buck
- pearl sydenstricker buck
- long-horse
- vaulting-horse
- sawbuck
- horse
- sawhorse
- trestling
- unplace
- The ultimate responsibility rests here.
- to work eagerly or too eagerly for (a promotion, etc.)
- to cheer up
- to evade blame or responsibility by trying to pass it to someone else
- the responsibility cannot be shifted to someone else or evaded (by someone)
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Buck
Origin of Buck
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From Middle Low German bucken (“to bend”) or Middle Dutch bucken, bocken (“to bend”), intensive forms of Old Saxon būgan and Old Dutch *būgan (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-Germanic *būganą (“to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognate with German bücken (“to bend, stoop”), Danish bukke (“to buck”), Swedish bocka (“to bend, buck, bow”). In fluenced in some senses by buck (“male goat”). See above. Cf. bow.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English buc, bucke, bukke, from Old English buc, bucc, bucca (“he-goat, stag”), from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, *bukkô (“buck”) (compare West Frisian bok (“he-goat”), German Bock), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰug- (“ram”) (compare Albanian buzë, Old Armenian բուծ (buc, “sucking lamb”), Persian بز (boz, “goat”), Sanskrit बुख (bukha)).
From Wiktionary
Alteration (influenced by buck) of Dutch bok male goat, trestle from Middle Dutch boc
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English bukke from Old English buc male deer, bucca male goat
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Short for buckhorn knife (from its use as a marker in poker)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Short for buckskin (from its use in trade)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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See beech.
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