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Synonyms for buck
bʌkbuck
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Princeton's WordNet
vaulting horse, long horse, bucknoun
a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
Synonyms:
clam, dollar bill, long horse, vaulting horse, sawbuck, sawhorse, one dollar bill, dollar, horsedollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clamnoun
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
Synonyms:
clam, dollar bill, long horse, vaulting horse, dollar sign, sawbuck, sawhorse, dollar mark, one dollar bill, dollar, horseBuck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Bucknoun
United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
Synonyms:
clam, dollar bill, long horse, vaulting horse, sawbuck, sawhorse, one dollar bill, dollar, horsesawhorse, horse, sawbuck, bucknoun
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
Synonyms:
dollar, dollar bill, cavalry, vaulting horse, knight, sawbuck, gymnastic horse, clam, one dollar bill, sawhorse, horse, horse cavalry, long horsebuckverb
mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
Synonyms:
clam, dollar bill, long horse, vaulting horse, sawbuck, sawhorse, one dollar bill, dollar, horsebuckverb
to strive with determination
"John is bucking for a promotion"
Synonyms:
jerk, hitch, tear, shoot down, charge, go against, shootbuck, go againstverb
resist
"buck the trend"
Synonyms:
violate, go against, jerk, shoot down, tear, offend, charge, infract, break, hitch, shoot, transgress, breachtear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buckverb
move quickly and violently
"The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
Synonyms:
hitch, land, jerk, shoot, flash, scoot, bear down, scud, sprout, hit, consign, excite, commove, commit, blame, film, snap, down, appoint, take, point, pullulate, agitate, load, bill, deplumate, bourgeon, defeat, rouse, saddle, pull, fool away, fritter, kill, lodge, dissipate, dart, frivol away, file, bust, burgeon forth, accuse, level, institutionalize, turn on, pluck, fritter away, charge, inject, vote down, deplume, germinate, shoot down, institutionalise, fool, burden, photograph, charge up, blast, dash, send, go against, spud, rupture, pip, vote out, displume, tearbuck, jerk, hitchverb
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
"the yung filly bucked"
Synonyms:
thumb, twitch, shoot, go against, flick, hitch, yank, catch, shoot down, limp, hobble, tear, charge, gimp, jerk, hitchhike
Dictionary of English Synonymes
bucknoun
Synonyms:
male (of the deer, sheep, goat, rabbit, and hare)bucknoun
Synonyms:
blade, spark, gallant; gay, dashing fellow
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Buck":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#233 | send | |
#246 | take | |
#281 | file | |
#311 | down | |
#364 | level | |
#391 | money | |
#438 | point | |
#677 | film | |
#773 | land | |
#813 | bill | |
#1174 | flash | |
#1401 | horse | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1551 | hit | |
#1618 | break | |
#1887 | ball | |
#2135 | load | |
#2282 | dollar | |
#3096 | kill | |
#3496 | lodge | |
#3635 | catch | |
#3810 | pull | |
#4105 | commit | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#5225 | knight | |
#5732 | photograph | |
#6175 | deer | |
#6303 | burden | |
#6477 | blast | |
#7199 | blame | |
#7321 | snap | |
#7585 | fool | |
#7799 | thumb | |
#8135 | defeat | |
#8285 | buck | |
#8587 | dash | |
#9001 | breach | |
#9356 | tear | |
#10713 | bust | |
#10771 | saddle | |
#11585 | pak | |
#12149 | appoint | |
#12746 | violate | |
#12803 | excite | |
#14556 | jerk | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#15920 | limp | |
#15944 | dart | |
#16465 | flick | |
#16589 | gimp | |
#17666 | cavalry | |
#19889 | clam | |
#20275 | pip | |
#23039 | offend | |
#23792 | inject | |
#24292 | rupture | |
#25600 | accuse | |
#28085 | pluck | |
#29678 | rouse | |
#33970 | yank | |
#34743 | sprout | |
#35877 | twitch | |
#43852 | spud | |
#49275 | dissipate | |
#56541 | scoot | |
#59155 | scud | |
#67452 | germinate | |
#69822 | buc | |
#81532 | consign | |
#85968 | institutionalize | |
#86407 | agitate | |
#98708 | transgress | |
#99268 | hobble | |
#132897 | fritter | |
#155281 | hitchhike | |
#196484 | sawhorse | |
#230878 | institutionalise | |
#284819 | buckbeak |
How to use buck in a sentence?
Is there any funding so I can do these things that you want us to do? 'No', that is passing the buck without passing the bucks.
I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference. I do believe, with all my heart and mind and spirit, that I, not as President but as a humble servant of God, will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy.
The buck stops with me.
We were here to be funny and enough people didn't think we were funny, i still feel like they got their bang for their buck.
The thing begins to fire, and it begins to jump and buck all over the place, your first human instinct is for your hands to clamp down, and you clamp down on the trigger, and if the thing has a 32-round magazine ... it starts spraying all over and people get killed.
Translations for buck
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- وعل, كبشArabic
- долар, мъжкар, самецBulgarian
- boc, cérvolCatalan, Valencian
- Rammler, sich widersetzen, Bock, RüdeGerman
- macho, pavo, gamo, caballerete, pavos, buco, corcovear, pisaverdeSpanish
- pokkuroida, taala, pukki, vikuroida, kolli, musta pekka, saturainen, syntipukki, uros, satku, koiras, huntti, keikariFinnish
- havurFaroese
- ruer, piasse, boucFrench
- pocIrish
- fear-choineanScottish Gaelic
- dolcsi, piperkőc, bakHungarian
- hafurIcelandic
- centinaio, moscardino, sgroppare, responsabilità, antilope, damerino, lepre, camoscio, dainoItalian
- 불Korean
- tūpekeMāori
- bok, bokkenDutch
- bįįhkąʼNavajo, Navaho
- machoPortuguese
- зелёный, самец, бакс, щегольRussian
- 降壓Chinese
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