buck
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
buck1
▶noun
- 1 the male of some animals, especially deer and antelopes.
■ S. African an antelope (of either sex).
- 2 a vertical jump performed by a horse, with the head lowered, back arched, and back legs thrown out behind.
- 3 archaic a fashionable and daring young man.
- 1 (of a horse) perform a buck.
- 2 oppose or resist: buck the trend.
- 3 (buck someone up or buck up) informal make or become more cheerful.
– phrases
buck up one's ideas become more serious, energetic, and hard-working.
buck up one's ideas become more serious, energetic, and hard-working.
– origin OE: partly from buc ‘male deer’, of Gmc origin; reinforced by bucca ‘male goat’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
buck2
▶noun informal
- 1 N. Amer. & Austral./NZ a dollar.
- 2 S. African a rand.
- 3 Indian a rupee.
– phrases
a fast buck easily and quickly earned money.
a fast buck easily and quickly earned money.
– origin C19: of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
buck3
▶noun an object placed as a reminder in front of a poker player whose turn it is to deal.
– phrases
the buck stops here informal the responsibility for something cannot be passed to someone else.
pass the buck informal shift responsibility to someone else.
the buck stops here informal the responsibility for something cannot be passed to someone else.
pass the buck informal shift responsibility to someone else.
– origin C19: of unknown origin.
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