buck¹ /buk/

1. The male of eg the deer, goat, hare or rabbit (cf doe)
2. A bok (qv)
3. A lively young man (archaic)
4. A dandy (archaic)
5. A black man, male Native American, Aborigine, etc (offensive; often adjective)
6. A counter or marker (cards)
7. A dollar (N American and Aust inf)
8. An act of bucking

(of a horse, etc) to jump repeatedly into the air, coming down with the back arched, head down, and forelegs stiff

1. To throw (a rider) by bucking
2. To resist, be in opposition to
3. To cheer, invigorate, tone up (informal; usu with up)

buckeenˈ noun

An impoverished youthful member of the minor Irish aristocracy, or one aspiring to their way of life without the means to support it

buckˈer noun

An animal that bucks

buckˈish adjective

1. Lively, frisky
2. Dandified
3. Like a goat

buckˈishly adverb

buckˈeye noun

1. The American horse-chestnut (genus Aesculus)
2. A native of the state of Ohio (US)
3. An automatic coupling for connecting railway vehicles

adjective (US)

1. Flashy, showy
2. Corny

buck fever noun

Excitement or nervousness experienced by a novice hunter on first sighting game

buckˈhorn or buck'sˈ-horn noun

1. The material of a buck's horn as used for handles, etc
2. A British plantain with leaves shaped like buck's horn (also buck's horn plantain)

buckˈhound noun

A small kind of staghound used for hunting bucks

buckˈ-jumper noun

An animal that bucks

buck naked adjective (US informal)

Completely naked

buck passing see pass the buck below.

buckˈ-rabbit noun

1. A male rabbit
2. Welsh rarebit with poached egg

buckˈrake noun

A large agricultural rake, often attached to a tractor

buckˈsaw noun

A large saw consisting of a blade set in an H-shaped frame tightened by a cord, used with a sawhorse

buck’s-horn, buck’s horn plantain see buckhorn above.

buckˈshot noun

A large kind of shot, used in shooting deer

buckˈskin noun

1. A soft leather made of deerskin or sheepskin
2. A strong twilled woollen cloth with cropped nap
3. A horse of buckskin (greyish-yellow) colour
4. A backwoods American
5. (in pl) breeches or a suit of buckskin

adjective

Made of or like the skin of a buck

buck's party, bucks' party or bucks party noun (Aust inf)

A stag party for a man about to be married

buckˈthorn noun

1. A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs whose berry supplies the sap-green used by painters
2. See also sea buckthorn under sea

buckˈtooth noun

A projecting front tooth

buckˈtoothed adjective

bang for one's buck (informal, chiefly N American)

Value for money

buck up (slang)

1. To hurry up, get going
2. To cheer up
3. To improve
4. To stimulate
5. To dress up (dialect)

make a fast buck (informal)

To earn some money quickly or easily but not necessarily honestly

pass the buck (slang)

To shift the responsibility to someone else (from the practice of passing the marker to the next dealer in some forms of poker) (buckˈ-passing noun)

the buck stops here

The final responsibility rests here

buck³ /buk/ (archaic or dialect)

To soak or steep in lye, a process in bleaching

Lye in which clothes were steeped before bleaching

buckˈing noun

buckˈ-basket noun

A basket in which clothes were carried to be bucked

buckˈ-wash or buckˈ-washing noun

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