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Meaning of
buck
in English
buck
us
/bʌk/
uk
/bʌk/
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Plural
bucks
Past Tense
bucked
Participle Verb
bucking
Third Person Singular
bucks
Definitions
Noun
a
male
animal
(
deer
,
rabbit
,
etc
.)
a
dollar
or
unit
of
currency
(
informal
)
a
dollar
unit
;
currency
The
company
will
give
you
a
buck
for
every
hour
you
work
.
money
or
funds
(
general
,
informal
)
He
spent
a
buck
on
a
lottery
ticket
.
type
of
shotgun
pellet
The
hunter
used
buck
shot
to
bring
down
the
deer
.
frame
for
sawing
wood
The
carpenter
used
a
buck
to
hold
the
wood
in
place
while
sawing
.
gymnastics
vaulting
equipment
The
gymnast
trained
on
the
buck
to
perfect
her
flips
.
a
frame
for
shaping
metal
bodywork
The
car
manufacturer
used
a
buck
to
shape
the
car's
metal
body
.
an
object
indicating
turn
or
status
;
token
of
responsibility
The
buck
was
passed
to
the
next
person
in
line
to
indicate
whose
turn
it
was
.
blame
or
responsibility
falls
on
someone
;
finger-pointing
When
something
goes
wrong
,
the
buck
often
stops
at
the
manager's
desk
.
Verb
a
horse
leaps
upward
to
throw
a
rider
The
horse
began
to
buck
violently
,
throwing
the
rider
off
.
to
resist
strongly
;
oppose
or
object
The
employee
will
buck
the
new
policy
if
it
affects
their
benefits
.
to
overcome
obstacles
;
force
a
way
through
The
hikers
had
to
buck
through
the
dense
underbrush
to
reach
the
summit
.
to
cut
a
tree
into
shorter
lengths
;
for
firewood
The
logger
used
a
saw
to
buck
the
tree
into
manageable
sections
.
to
reduce
output
voltage
;
lower
than
input
The
voltage
regulator
is
designed
to
buck
the
input
voltage
to
a
lower
level
.
Compounds / Phrases
buckboard
buckbrush
buckhorn
bucksaw
bucksaws
buckshot
buckskins
bucktail
bucktails
buckteeth
bucktooth
megabuck
buck-goat