Buck

n.	1.	Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.
	2.	The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
v. t.	1.	To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; - a process in bleaching. [imp. & p. p. Bucked (bŭkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Bucking.]
	2.	To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
	3.	(Mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores.
n.	1.	The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.
	2.	A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy. The leading bucks of the day. - Thackeray.
	3.	A male Indian or negro. Blue buck See under Blue. Water buck a South African variety of antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus). See Illust. of Antelope.
v. i.	1.	To copulate, as bucks and does.
	2.	To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; - said of a vicious horse or mule.
v. t.	1.	(Mil.) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.
	2.	To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2. The brute that he was riding had nearly bucked him out of the saddle. - W. E. Norris.
n.	1.	A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck. Buck saw a saw set in a frame and used for sawing wood on a sawhorse.
	1.	The beech tree. Buck mast the mast or fruit of the beech tree. - Johnson.

Noun	1.	buck - a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting Synonyms: long horse, vaulting horse
	2.	buck - a piece of paper money worth one dollar Synonyms: dollar bill, one dollar bill, clam, dollar
	3.	Buck - United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973) Synonyms: Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
	4.	buck - a framework for holding wood that is being sawed Synonyms: sawbuck, sawhorse, horse
	5.	buck - mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
Verb	1.	buck - to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion"
	2.	buck - resist; "buck the trend" Synonyms: go against
	3.	buck - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" Synonyms: shoot down, tear, charge, shoot
	4.	buck - jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked" Synonyms: hitch, jerk
Adj.	1.	buck - of the lowest rank in a category; "a buck private"

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