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IELTS BNC: 7627 COCA: 2493

buck

1 buck /ˈbʌk/ noun
plural bucks
1 buck
/ˈbʌk/
noun
plural bucks
Learner's definition of BUCK
[count]
informal
: dollar
: money
: a male animal (such as a male deer)雄性动物(如雄鹿)
compare doe
informal : man

bang for the/your buck

see 2bang

look/feel like a million bucks

see million

pass the buck

: to avoid a responsibility by giving it to someone else推卸责任

the buck stops here

◊ Expressions like the buck stops here are used to say that you accept a responsibility and will not try to give it to someone else.责任止于此;别把责任往别处推
2 buck /ˈbʌk/ verb
bucks; bucked; bucking
2 buck
/ˈbʌk/
verb
bucks; bucked; bucking
Learner's definition of BUCK
[no object] of a horse : to jump violently into the air with the back bent upward(马)猛然弓背跃起
sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻
[+ object] : to oppose or resist (something or someone)反对;抵制

buck for

[phrasal verb]
buck for (something) US, informal
: to try very hard or work very hard to get (something)拼命争取,努力工作以获得(某物)

buck up

[phrasal verb] informal
: to become happier or more confident振作
buck (someone) up or buck up (someone) : to cause (someone) to be happier or more confident : to cheer up (someone)使振作
IELTS BNC: 7627 COCA: 2493

buck

1 of 6

noun (1)

plural bucks
1
a informal
(1)
: dollar sense 3b
I only had a buck in my pocket.
Dinner cost twenty bucks.
(2)
: a sum of money especially to be gained
make a quick buck
also : money
usually used in plural
making the big bucks
b
US slang
used in place of "hundred" in combination with other numbers
… as much at ease going 40 in First as it is doing a buck-twenty [=120 miles an hour] down the freeway … Hot Rod
2
or plural buck : a male animal
especially : a male deer or antelope
3
a
: a male human being : man
b
: a dashing fellow : dandy
4
or plural buck : antelope
5
: buckskin
also : an article (such as a shoe) made of buckskin
6
[short for sawbuck sawhorse]
a
: a supporting rack or frame
b
: a short thick leather-covered block for gymnastic vaulting

buck

2 of 6

verb

bucked; bucking; bucks

intransitive verb

1
of a horse or mule : to spring into the air with the back arched
2
: to charge against something
3
a
: to move or react jerkily
b
: to refuse assent : balk
4
: to strive for advancement sometimes without regard to ethical behavior
bucking for a promotion

transitive verb

1
a
: oppose, resist
bucking the system
b
archaic : butt entry 3
2
: to throw or dislodge (a rider) by bucking
3
: to move or charge into
bucking a headwind
4
a
: to pass especially from one person to another
b
: to move or load (heavy or cumbersome objects) especially with mechanical equipment
bucker noun

buck

3 of 6

noun (2)

: an act or instance of bucking

buck

4 of 6

adverb

: stark, completely
buck naked

buck

5 of 6

noun (3)

1
: responsibility
used especially in the phrases pass the buck and the buck stops here
2
: an object formerly used in poker to mark the next player to deal
broadly : a token used as a mark or reminder

buck

6 of 6

adjective

: of the lowest grade within a military category or rank
Because he had not yet taken the Army's basic artillery course, he had to make do with a crash course from a buck sergeant … , who tutored him aboard the troopship General Walker. Peter J. Boyer
see also buck private

Example Sentences

Verb the car bucked and stalled bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English bucca stag, he-goat; akin to Old High German boc he-goat, Middle Irish bocc

Adverb

origin unknown

Noun (3)

short for earlier buckhorn knife

Adjective

probably from buck entry 1

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Verb

1750, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b

Noun (2)

circa 1877, in the meaning defined above

Adverb

1928, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

1865, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Adjective

1918, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of buck was before the 12th century
IELTS BNC: 7627 COCA: 2493

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