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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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"Buck" Quotes from Famous Books

... the chestnut was mounted he reared, and indulged in two or three "buck-jumps" that would have made a weaker man tremble for his back-bone, and then kicked furiously; but Guy seemed to take it all as a matter of course, sitting square and erect; all he did was to drive the sharp rowels in repeatedly, ...

— Guy Livingstone; - or, 'Thorough' • George A. Lawrence

... crippled by arthritis, hobbling out into the desert in hopes that his "friend who talks to the Martians" could get them to cure him on their next trip. I've seen pensioners, who needed every buck they had, shell out money to "help buy radio equipment" to contact some planet to find out how they'd solved their economic problems. I saw a little old lady in a many times mended dress put down a ten dollar bill to help promote a "peace campaign" backed by the Venusians. ...

— The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects • Edward Ruppelt

... ye air," said the old man, slowly, "I'm a-thinkin' yu'll have to buck up ag'in Sherd Raines, fer ef I hain't like a goose a-pickin' o' grass by moonshine, Sherd air atter the gal fer hisself, not fer the Lord. Yes," he continued, after a short, dry laugh; "'n' mebbe ...

— A Mountain Europa • John Fox Jr.

... had never been before. Tom must cover all his boyhood ramblings, catch trout again on Bull Creek, shoot quail over Walcott's Prairie, get a deer on Round Mountain. That deer was a cause of pain and shame to Frederick. What if it was closed season? Tom had triumphantly brought home the buck and gleefully called it sidehill-salmon when it was served and ...

— The Turtles of Tasman • Jack London

... incline, keeping in the shadow of great rocks and broom wherever it was possible. 'Tis not in nature to walk unmoved across an open where every bush may hide a sentinel who will let fly at one as gladly as at a fat buck—yes, and be sure of thirty thousand pounds if he hit the right mark. I longed for eyes in the back of my head, and every moment could feel the lead pinging its way between my ...

— A Daughter of Raasay - A Tale of the '45 • William MacLeod Raine

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