buck in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
buck in Kashmiri कॉशुर
buck in Marathi मराठी
buck in English
- buck⇄adj. male.
Ex. a buck rabbit. - buck⇄buck (1), noun, pl.bucksor (collectively)buck,adjective.
- buck⇄buck (2), verb, noun.
- buck⇄buck (3), noun.
(U.S. Slang.) a dollar.
Ex. All you ... do is fool around, when any other man would be trying to make a buck or two (New Yorker). - buck⇄buck (4), noun.
1. a sawhorse; sawbuck.
2. (Gymnastics.) a leather-covered frame, usually adjustable in height, used in vaulting exercises. - buck⇄buck (5), noun.
(Poker.) an article placed in a jackpot and taken by the winner, serving to remind him that when the deal passes to him he must order another jackpot. - buck⇄buck (6), noun, verb.
(Archaic or Dialect.) - buck⇄buck (7), noun.
(British Dialect.) the body of a cart or wagon. - buck⇄buck (8), transitive verb.
to pulverize or break into small pieces, as ore. - buck⇄expr. buck for, (Informal.) to strive earnestly for.
Ex. I was bucking very strong for the job (Benjamin I. Hayes). - buck⇄expr. buck up, (Informal.)
a. to cheer up; be brave or energetic.
Ex. Buck up; everything will be all right.
b. to give fresh courage or energy to.
Ex. This has bucked her up something wonderful (H. G. Wells). - buck⇄expr. pass the buck, (Informal.) to shift the responsibility for something, such as blame or work, to someone else.
Ex. Congress passed the buck to the President, asked him to recommend specific spots for pruning [the budget] (Newsweek). - buck⇄noun 1. a male deer, goat, hare, rabbit, antelope, or sheep (but not applied to a male elk, moose, or red deer).
2. a dashing young man; dandy.
Ex. the ... young buck, driving his own equipage (Washington Irving).
(SYN) fop.
3. - buck⇄noun 1. a throw or attempt to throw (a rider) by bucking.
2. (American Football.) a charge made into the opponent's line with the ball.
3. bragging. - buck⇄noun 1. lye or suds in which cloth is steeped or boiled to clean and bleach it.
2. a quantity of clothes washed or bleached in lye or suds. - buck⇄v.i. 1. (of horses or mules) to jump into the air with back curved and come down with the front legs stiff.
Ex. The cowboy's horse began to buck, but he managed to stay on.
2. (of an automobile, motor, or other machinery) to run unevenly; je - buck⇄v.t. 1. to steep, boil, or wash in lye or suds.
2. to clean by beating in water; wash. - buck⇄v.t. 1. to throw or attempt to throw (a rider) by bucking.
Ex. The cowboy was bucked by the bronco.
2a. (Informal, Figurative.) to fight against; resist stubbornly.
Ex. He bucked the merger, but to no avail.
b. to push or hit wi