buck

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United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892 1973)

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

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

Noun
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

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

Noun
United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)

Noun
a piece of paper money worth one dollar

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Verb
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"

Verb
move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

Verb
resist; "buck the trend"

Verb
to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion"

Adjective S.
of the lowest rank in a category; "a buck private"

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

n.
The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.

v. t.
To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching.

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

v. t.
To break up or pulverize, as ores.

n.
The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.

n.
A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.

n.
A male Indian or negro.

v. i.
To copulate, as bucks and does.

v. i.
To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule.

v. t.
To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in 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.

v. t.
To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2.

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

n.
The beech tree.

Buck

Buck , n. [Akin to LG. b'81ke, Dan. byg, Sw. byk, G. bauche: cf. It. bucato, Prov. Sp. bugada, F. bu'82e.] 1. Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed. 2. The cloth or clothes soaked or washed. [Obs.] Shak.

Buck

Buck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bucked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bucking.] [OE. bouken; akin to LG. b'81ken, Dan. byge, Sw. byka, G. bauchen, beuchen; cf. OF. buer. Cf. the preceding noun.] 1. To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching. 2. To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water. 3. (Mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores.

Buck

Buck, n. [OE. buk, bucke, AS. bucca, bua, he-goat; akin to D. bok, OHG. pocch, G. bock, Ir. boc, W. bwch, Corn. byk; cf. Zend bza, Skr. bukka. 'fb256. Cf. Butcher, n.] 1. The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits. &hand; A male fallow deer is called a fawn in his first year; a pricket in his second; a sorel in his third; a sore in his fourth; a buck of the first head in his fifth; and a great buck in his sixth. The female of the fallow deer is termed a doe. The male of the red deer is termed a stag or hart and not a buck, and the female is called a hind. Brande & C. 2. A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.
The leading bucks of the day.
3. A male Indian or negro. [Colloq. U.S.] &hand; The word buck is much used in composition for the names of antelopes; as, bush buck, spring buck. Blue buck. See under Blue. -- Water buck, a South African variety of antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus). See Illust. of Antelope.

Buck

Buck , v. i. 1. To copulate, as bucks and does. 2. To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule.

Buck

Buck, v. t. 1. (Mil.) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in 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. 2. To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2.
The brute that he was riding had nearly bucked him out of the saddle.

Buck

Buck, n. A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck. Buck saw, a saw set in a frame and used for sawing wood on a sawhorse.

Buck

Buck, n. [See Beech, n.] The beech tree. [Scot.] Buck mast, the mast or fruit of the beech tree. Johnson.

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

To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching.

The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.

To copulate, as bucks and does.

To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in 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.

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

The beech tree.

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Usage Examples

I envy the sensibility in Europe, appreciating beauty in women as they age. I'm going to go that way. I might dye my gray hair for a bit, but beyond that the buck stops. I'm not having any work done.

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

As a kid I had buck teeth and braces and acne. I hated what I saw. I'm still not comfortable, but that's why I change and adapt the way I look.

When we realize we can make a buck cleaning up the environment, it will be done!

Wal-Mart doesn't really care about your faith. Wal-Mart cares if you have money to spend, and it is going to be as generic as possible in exploiting the holiday season for every buck it can make.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Exploitation films were famous for taking an issue an exploiting it because they could move much faster than a studio could. If there was any hot topic, they would run out and make a quick movie and make a buck on it, by changing it around and using it, in some way, to give some relevance.

Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck.

The people I used to have around me from Nashville was showing love to the Cash Money clique on the strength of Buck trying to make it making sure Buck gets to where he gots to go.