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Buck   /bək/   Listen
Buck

noun
1.
A gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting.  Synonyms: long horse, vaulting horse.
2.
A piece of paper money worth one dollar.  Synonyms: clam, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill.
3.
United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973).  Synonyms: Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck.
4.
A framework for holding wood that is being sawed.  Synonyms: horse, sawbuck, sawhorse.
5.
Mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope).
verb
(past & past part. bucked; pres. part. bucking)
1.
To strive with determination.
2.
Resist.  Synonym: go against.
3.
Move quickly and violently.  Synonyms: charge, shoot, shoot down, tear.  "He came charging into my office"
4.
Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched.  Synonyms: hitch, jerk.



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... Mack, Mrs. Henry Stanislawsky, Professor Romanzo Adams, Judge William P. Seeds, Assemblyman Alceus F. Price, J. A. Buchanan, Mrs. Frank Page, Mrs. Frank R. Nicholas, who was made secretary, and J. Holman Buck, who was elected permanent chairman. A telegram of greeting was ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI • Various

... ready a flat circular plate of tin, which must be laid on your griddle, or in the oven of your stove, and well greased with butter. Pour on it a large ladle-full of the batter, and bake it as you would a buck-wheat cake, taking care to have it of a good shape. It will not require turning. Bake as many of these cakes as you want, laying each on a separate plate. Then spread jelly or marmalade all over the top of each cake, and lay another upon ...
— Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry Cakes, and Sweetmeats • Miss Leslie

... replied Uncle Jim. "One of the boys here died about a month ago; his name was Tom Buck. He was a good fellow and did many kind things for me. Bury ...
— Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks - A Picture of New England Home Life • Charles Felton Pidgin

... Raven. "I telephoned her. Buck up, old man. Here's another chance for you, don't you see? We're in a nasty hole, Tira and incidentally Nan and I. Play the game, old son, and ...
— Old Crow • Alice Brown

... horn. General McMaster writes, referring to the latter opinion: "Both he and I know of one 16 inches in length, shot by a well-known South Indian sportsman of the Madras Civil Service, and in February 1869 at Ootacamund, he and I measured the horn of a magnificent buck ibex, shot within 15 or 20 miles of that place. The exact measurements of this mighty horn were 17 inches in length, and 9-3/4 ...
— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon • Robert A. Sterndale


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