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buck

English

  1. 🔊 mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
  2. 🔊 United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
  3. 🔊 a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated
  4. 🔊 a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
  5. 🔊 a piece of paper money worth one dollar
  6. 🔊 jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
    “the yung filly bucked”
  7. 🔊 resist
    “buck the trend”
  8. 🔊 to strive with determination
    “John is bucking for a promotion”
  9. 🔊 move quickly and violently
    “The car tore down the street”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 corcovear to buck
  2. 🔊 respingar to buck, balk (of an animal)
  3. 🔊 botar to buck, throw (a rider or pack) by bucking

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