Adjective buck has 1 sense
- buck - of the lowest rank in a category; "a buck private"
Antonym: dominant (indirect, via subordinate)
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Noun buck has 5 senses
- vaulting horse, long horse, buck - a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
--1 is a kind of horse
- dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam - a piece of paper money worth one dollar
--2 is a kind of bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback
- Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck - United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
--3 is a kind of writer, author; missionary, missioner
- sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, buck - a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
--4 is a kind of framework, frame, framing
--4 has particulars: trestle
- buck - mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
--5 is a kind of placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
--5 has particulars: stag
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Verb buck has 4 senses
- buck - to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion"
--1 is one way to endeavor, endeavour, strive
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- buck, go against - resist; "buck the trend"
--2 is one way to react, oppose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
--3 is one way to rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- buck, jerk, hitch - jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"
--4 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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