buck | English to English Dictionary

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buck

(b/@/k )

a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
long horse, vaulting horse

source: wordnet30
a piece of paper money worth one dollar(noun.possession)

Synonym:
clam, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill

source: wordnet30
United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)(noun.person)

Synonym:
pearl buck, pearl sydenstricker buck

source: wordnet30
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
horse, sawbuck, sawhorse

source: wordnet30
mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)(noun.animal)

source: wordnet30
Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.(noun)

source: webster1913
The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.(noun)

source: webster1913
A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.(noun)

source: webster1913
The beech tree.(noun)

source: webster1913

to strive with determination(verb.social)

Example:
John is bucking for a promotion.

source: wordnet30
resist(verb.social)

Example:
Buck the trend.

Synonym:
go against

source: wordnet30
move quickly and violently(verb.motion)

Synonym:
charge, shoot, shoot down, tear

source: wordnet30
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched(verb.motion)

Example:
The yung filly bucked.

Synonym:
hitch, jerk

source: wordnet30
To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching.(verb)

source: webster1913
To copulate, as bucks and does.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913