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Meaning buck meaning

What does buck mean?
Definitions in simple English

buck Noun

— A male deer or goat. — A male rabbit or hare. — A male of another animal, such as the ferret. — A dollar. — Blame The buck stops here. - Harry S. Truman, an American president

buck Verb

— If an animal bucks, it tried to throw a person off its back.

buck

— verb to strive with determination John is bucking for a promotion — verb resist buck the trend — noun (= vaulting horse) a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting — noun mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope) — verb jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched the yung filly bucked — noun (= sawhorse) a framework for holding wood that is being sawed — noun (= dollar) a piece of paper money worth one dollar — verb (= tear, charge) move quickly and violently The car tore down the street He came charging into my office

Buck

— noun United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)

Synonyms buck synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as buck?

buck English » English

stag billy goat oppose kick he-goat dollar billy jerk horse hitch hart go against deer bull vaulting horse throw tear sire shoot down shoot sawhorse sawbuck resist prance one dollar bill male long horse fop dollar bill contravene clam charge alkaline solution zoom withstand water containing soda ward off vote down upturn upset turn thumbs down tumble try topple tip over swoop swagger subvert struggle strive

Buck English » English

Pearl Sydenstricker Buck Pearl Buck

Topics buck topics

What do people use buck to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal Types of animals Mammal

Hoofed animals
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal movement
Universe, creation Animal

Male and female animals
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Walk

Jump
Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Blame
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to trouble

Brave
Social behavior Conflict War Military organization

Soldier

Conjugation buck conjugation

How do you conjugate buck?

buck · verb

Examples buck examples

How do I use buck in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I have buck teeth.
Can you spare a buck?
Don't try to pass the buck.
I'm tracking a buck.
He wants the most bang for his buck.
Layla worked at a strip club, hoping to earn a quick buck.

Movie subtitles

Tribeca, the buck has officially been passed.
This gentleman is Buck Christopher, he's a sheep farmer, sir.
And his owner, Buck Christopher, is a simpleton.
Owner and handler Buck Christopher.
Who's that young buck over there with no hair on his face?
Maybe we can't buck Little Arnie.
Come on now, buck up.
Indicted for murder of Buck Kempner.
RRRINGSPOT, BUCK!
Here. Here's a buck.
A buck.
We call him Buck.
So your name's Buck, eh?
Come on, Buck.
Lopez, who's that young buck over there with no hair on his face?
In case the score sounds somewhat familiar, but you can't quite place where else you heard it, how about trying Universal's 1930s Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials with Buster Crabbe?
Here's a buck. - A buck.
Now, buck up.
Buck up, my boy.
I can't do anything for him. That's a case for Frank Buck.
Put him in the room till Frank Buck gets here.
I'll bet a buck to a nickel you can't get the ball past the other team.
Hello, Buck?
Terrible. Buck rides over the hill, shoots a bandit, rides back over the hill. scoops up the gal, they all live happy ever after, nothing to it.
In the meantime, I want you to buck up, get down to work.
How much would it take to buck that game?
Hello, Buck.
So do I. So do I, Buck.
He's not sure he's in love with that girl, Buck.
Can you, Buck?
What's the matter, Buck?
Get a load of Buck, will you?
I'll see who it is, and I'll stop Buck from talking to himself.
I'll go tell Buck.
Buck, is he hurt?

News and current affairs

That's not a lot of bang for the buck.
But Hirschman also would no doubt chide developing country governments for not living up to their responsibilities and for passing on the buck so freely to these external agencies.
Instead, the LDP, having failed to reinvigorate itself and attract allies, has occasionally taken a buck-passing approach, such as permitting the DPJ to pass an unpopular but inevitable and necessary increase in the consumption tax.
W: Well, it's one buck.
Give me a buck.
Indeed, it is the only way to ensure that the poorest people get the best deal, and that governments get the biggest bang for their buck.
Such opportunities come sharply into focus when you ask some of the world's best minds to find the biggest bang for the buck.
The EU can buck this anti-market trend by promoting structural reforms in southern European countries and focussing on enlargement to increase economic competition.
Bolivia, however, may be poised to buck the latter trend.
Ultimately, the buck stops with national parliaments and executives.
The result is a startlingly clear look at what is going on in a circle of people: who defers to whom, who takes charge, who passes the buck.
The buck cannot be passed from one regulator to another if a regulatory failure occurs.
We can get more bang for our collective buck, peso, and real, and find effective, efficient, enduring paths to a more sustainable, inclusive, and prosperous future.
Their courage, and their newfound political activism, has stiffened the government's backbone in implementing needed reforms and made it impossible for any political actor in Ukraine to buck the pro-EU consensus.
If this approach does not work, and if the existing Marine base on Okinawa remains, Hatoyama can pass the buck to the US, thereby deflecting anti-base pressure from local residents.
Was the position of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras so weak that he had no better choice than to pass the buck to his people by resorting to the extraordinary form of democracy that is democracy by referendum?
C: I saved a buck (runs away).

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