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Meaning:

Noun:

  • (always plural, '''bucks''') Casual oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral color.
  • A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.
  • A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
  • obsolete A fop or dandy.
  • dated 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.
  • jargon One million dollars.
  • dialect The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. ''See'' Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.
  • US An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
  • dated|derogatory A black or Native American man.
  • in certain metaphors or phrases Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.
  • informal A dollar (one hundred cents).
  • slang One hundred.

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Verb:

  • 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.
  • intransitive (by extension) To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
  • intransitive (by extension) To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
  • intransitive (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.
  • transitive (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.
  • transitive (of a horse, or similar saddle or pack animal) to successfully throw or attempt to throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.

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