buck
1. a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated;
used lengthwise for vaulting (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
vaulting horse, long horse
• Hypernyms:
horse, gymnastic horse
2. a piece of paper money worth one dollar
• Syn:
dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, clam
• Regions:
United States, United States of America, America, the States, US,
U.S., USA, U.S.A.
• Hypernyms:
bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill,
bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback
3. a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
• Syn:
sawhorse, horse, sawbuck
• Hypernyms:
framework
• Hyponyms:
trestle
4. mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
• Hypernyms:
placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
• Hyponyms:
stag
1. to strive with determination (Freq. 2)
- John is bucking for a promotion
• Hypernyms:
endeavor, endeavour, strive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
2. resist (Freq. 1)
- buck the trend
• Syn:
go against
• Hypernyms:
react, oppose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. move quickly and violently
- The car tore down the street
- He came charging into my office
• Syn:
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge
• See Also:
shoot up (for: shoot)
• Hypernyms:
rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed,
speed, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along,
belt along, step on it
• Hyponyms:
rip
• Verb Group:
dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
4. jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
- the yung filly bucked
• Syn:
jerk, hitch
• Derivationally related forms:
jerk (for: jerk)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
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