buck

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

bucks

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

buck

past (v2)

bucked

past participle (v3)

bucked

present participle

bucking

3rd person singular

bucks

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad and kangaroo.

2. 2.An uncastrated sheep, a ram.

3. 3.An antelope of either sex; compare with Afrikaans bok.

   • There are all kinds of game in the valley, and you are unlucky if you do not see a giraffe or an ostrich, or at least a herd of buck.

4. 4.The sound made by a chicken.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To bend; buckle.

2. 2.To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.

3. 3.To copulate, as bucks and does.

4. 4.To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.

   • The brute that he was riding had nearly bucked him out of the saddle.

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Rare

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Rare

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