Definition of Buck
Verb: buck búk
- To strive with determination
"John is bucking for a promotion"
- Resist
"buck the trend";
- go against
- Move quickly and violently
"The car bucked down the street";
- tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, bomb [Brit], scream
- Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
"the young filly bucked";
- jerk, hitch
- A gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
- vaulting horse, long horse
- A piece of paper money worth one dollar
- dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, clam [US], single [US]
- A framework for holding wood that is being sawed
- sawhorse, horse, sawbuck [N. Amer]
- Mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
- United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
- Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
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