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buck

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: buck

1
 n
mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
2
 v
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
3
 v
resist
4
 n
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
5
 n
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: buck
1

n mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)

Types:
stag
adult male deer
royal, royal stag
stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
Type of:
eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
2

v jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

“the yung filly bucked”
Synonyms:
hitch, jerk
Type of:
move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

v move quickly and violently

Synonyms:
charge, shoot, shoot down, tear
dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot
run or move very quickly or hastily
Types:
rip
move precipitously or violently
Type of:
belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it
move fast
3

v resist

“buck the trend”
Synonyms:
go against
Type of:
oppose, react
act against or in opposition to

v to strive with determination

“John is bucking for a promotion”
Type of:
endeavor, endeavour, strive
attempt by employing effort
4

n a piece of paper money worth one dollar

Synonyms:
clam, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill
Type of:
Federal Reserve note, bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, government note, greenback, note
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
5

n a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

Synonyms:
horse, sawbuck, sawhorse
Types:
trestle
sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
Type of:
framework
a structure supporting or containing something

n a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting

Synonyms:
long horse, vaulting horse
Type of:
gymnastic horse, horse
a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
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