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buck

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A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret and shad.

Examples :

"The farmer saw a large buck in his field. "

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An uncastrated sheep, a ram.

Examples :

"The farmer brought the young buck to the market for sale. "

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A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.

Examples :

"The new buck in the office, fresh out of college, was already making a name for himself with his bold ideas. "

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A fop or dandy.

Examples :

"The new student, a real buck in a bright red blazer, was the talk of the school. "

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A black or Native American man.

Examples :

"The new history teacher was a young buck, recently hired to teach at the high school. "

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A dollar (one hundred cents).

Examples :

"Can I borrow five bucks?"

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A rand (currency unit).

Examples :

"My uncle just received 500 bucks from his investment. "

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(by extension) Money.

Examples :

"Corporations will do anything to make a buck."

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Examples :

"The farmer sold his produce for a buck a pound. "

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An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.

Examples :

"The "buck" was passed around the table, indicating whose turn it was to choose the movie for the family's movie night. "

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(in certain metaphors or phrases) Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.

Examples :

"pass the buck"

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The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.

Examples :

"The old post mill's buck was heavily weathered, showing years of wind and rain. "

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One million dollars.

Examples :

"The lottery winner received a buck. "

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Examples :

"My cousin just received a payment of 50 bucks for his part-time job. "

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A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.

Examples :

"The carpenter used the sawbuck to hold the pieces of wood while he worked. "

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A leather-covered frame used for gymnastic vaulting

Examples :

"The gymnast practiced her vaulting routine on the sturdy buck. "

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A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal bodywork. See Street Rodder "Making a Wood Buck".

Examples :

"The car customizer used a wooden buck to carefully shape the fender. "

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To copulate, as bucks and does.

Examples :

"The male deer buckled the female deer during mating season. "

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A type of African American traditional clogging.

Examples :

"The dance instructor taught the students a new type of buck, a traditional African American clogging style. "

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The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

Examples :

"The farmer showed the class a young buck, a hybrid animal. "

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The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.

Examples :

"The mule is a buck, a hybrid animal created from a horse and a donkey. "

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A hybrid plant.

Examples :

"The farmer carefully cultivated a new buck of roses, a hybrid variety. "

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A stubborn person.

Examples :

"The young buck refused to complete his homework, even though his teacher explained it multiple times. "

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A person paid to smuggle drugs.

Examples :

"The police arrested the drug buck who was bringing cocaine into the country. "

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A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.

Examples :

"The antique coin collection contained a rare buck, a fifty-cent piece with an unusual design on both sides. "

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A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.

Examples :

"My online game character has a buck that carries all my extra gear. "

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Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.

Examples :

"My dad made a delicious buck for everyone at the family gathering. "

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A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.

Examples :

"The sailboat had a large, sturdy buck sail. "

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A kind of cotton-spinning machine.

Examples :

"The textile factory used a large buck to spin cotton for their new line of shirts. "

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A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.

Examples :

"My grandfather wore comfortable bucks to walk in the garden. "

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To bend; buckle.

Examples :

"The old wooden chair buckled under the weight of the large stack of books. "

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(of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.

Examples :

"The horse bucked violently, throwing the young boy off its back. "

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(of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.

Examples :

"The horse bucked, throwing the young rider to the ground. "

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To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.

Examples :

"The unruly student was buckled for disruptive behavior in the classroom. "

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(by extension) To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.

Examples :

"The student bucked against the strict rules of the school, refusing to complete the required homework assignments. "

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(by extension) To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.

Examples :

"The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely."

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(by extension) To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite (an obstacle); to resist or proceed against.

Examples :

"The student had to buck the pressure of failing grades to achieve her academic goals. "

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(riveting) To press a reinforcing device (bucking bar) against (the force of a rivet) in order to absorb vibration and increase expansion. See Wikipedia: Rivet:Installation.

Examples :

"The mechanic had to buck the rivet to ensure a strong connection in the bicycle frame. "

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To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.

Examples :

"The carpenter buckled the fallen tree trunk into smaller pieces for the fireplace. "

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To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage. See Wikipedia: Buck converter

Examples :

"The power supply in the lab equipment bucks the voltage down from 12 volts to 5 volts for the circuit to work properly. "

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The beech tree.

Examples :

"The park ranger identified the tall, sturdy tree as a buck. "

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Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

Examples :

"The laundrywoman used a strong buck to whiten the white shirts. "

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The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.

Examples :

"After the rain, the boy's school uniform was a soggy buck, needing to be hung out to dry. "

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To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.

Examples :

"The laundromat worker used lye to buck the whites, making them brighter. "

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To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.

Examples :

"My grandmother used to buck the laundry on wash day, beating the clothes against stones in the creek. "

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To break up or pulverize, as ores.

Examples :

"The miners used special machines to buck the ore into smaller pieces for easier transport. "

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