buck
🇺🇸
/bʌk/
🇬🇧
/bʌk/
noun
C1
a dollar in the US, Australia, or New Zealand; a rand in South Africa; a rupee in India
I paid ten bucks for this shirt.
R
a male deer, hare, or rabbit
We saw a buck in the forest.
R
a deer, male or female
A buck ran across the road.
R
a young man
He's a strong buck.
R
responsibility or blame for something
The buck stops with me.
verb
R
to jump with the back feet or all feet off the ground
The horse will buck if scared.
R
to move up and down suddenly
The gun bucked when fired.
R
to resist or oppose something
She likes to buck the rules.
translation
a dollar in the US, Australia, or New Zealand; a rand in South Africa; a rupee in India; a male deer, hare, or rabbit; a deer, male or female; a young man; responsibility or blame for something
to jump with the back feet or all feet off the ground; to move up and down suddenly; to resist or oppose something
Word Forms
3rd Present
bucks
Past
bucked
Perfect
bucked
Progressive
bucking
Plural
bucks