BUCK

v. move rapidly and with violence; jump vertically legs stiff and back arched ; bet, gamble (Slang)

n. male deer; male rabbit; dollar (Slang)

adj. of the lowest level in a category

n. family name; Pearl Buck (1892-1973), United States author who was a missionary and lived in China, author of "The Good Earth"

Buck may refer to any of the following: Bucking by a horse, when the animal raises his hind end and kicks out with both hind legs.The male of various species of animal, including:some species of deer — see also  blackbuck, Buckskin (leather)Buck Fever is the name given to the feeling a novice hunter gets. This meaning is also used as the title of   Estradasphere's second album. rabbitssquirrels tyrannosaurus rex (the term buck was first used for a male tyrannosaurus rex in the Jurassic Park series and is currently gaining popularity)A slang term for:African  antelopea human malea sexually adventurous boya dollar or similar national currencies (particularly in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa and United States)1 million dollars in Wall Street traders parlancea repetition of an old joke, story, or fact, especially by emaila chicken (bucker), from the sound a chicken makesa slight punch in the arman aboriginal maleA marker or button that indicates the dealer in the card game Poker'Pass the Buck' and 'The Buck Stops Here' also both refer to the Poker marker
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Noun
1. United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
(synonym) Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
(hypernym) writer, author

Noun
1. a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
(synonym) vaulting horse, long horse
(hypernym) horse
2. a piece of paper money worth one dollar
(synonym) dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, clam
(hypernym) bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback
(classification) United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
3. a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
(synonym) sawhorse, horse, sawbuck
(hypernym) framework, frame, framing
(hyponym) trestle
4. mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
(hypernym) placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
(hyponym) stag
(derivation) jerk, hitch
Verb
1. to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion"
(hypernym) endeavor, endeavour, strive
2. resist; "buck the trend"
(synonym) go against
(hypernym) react, oppose
3. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
(synonym) tear, shoot, shoot down, charge
(hypernym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hyponym) rip
(verb-group) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
4. jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"
(synonym) jerk, hitch
(hypernym) move
Adjective
1. of the lowest rank in a category; "a buck private"
(similar) subordinate, low-level

v. bend, lean down, tilt

(v. t.)
To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
  

(v. t.)
To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching.
  

(v. t.)
To break up or pulverize, as ores.
  

(v. i.)
To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule.
  

(v. i.)
To copulate, as bucks and does.
  

(n.)
The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.
  

(n.)
The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
  

(n.)
The beech tree.
  

(n.)
Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.
  

(n.)
A male Indian or negro.
  

(n.)
A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.
  

(n.)
A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.