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51buck up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you buck someone up or buck up their spirits, you say or do something to make them more cheerful. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V n P] Anything anybody said to him to try and buck him up wouldn t sink in... [V P n (not pron)] The aim, it… …
52buck — I. noun (plural bucks) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bucca stag, he goat; akin to Old High German boc he goat, Middle Irish bocc Date: before 12th century 1. or plural buck a male animal; especially a male deer or antelope 2. a …
53Buck — 1. An informal reference to one dollar. 2. An informal term for one hundred dollars. 3. Trader s slang for a million dollars. Wall Street jargon sometimes differs from everyday usage. 4. An informal term for money. The term buck may trace its… …
54buck — I n. (colloq.) (AE) responsibility to pass the buck II v. (colloq.) (AE) 1) (d; intr.) to buck against ( to oppose ) 2) (D; intr.) ( to make an all out effort ) to buck for (to buck for a promotion) * * * [bʌk] (colloq.) (AE) [ responsibility ]… …
55buck up — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms buck up : present tense I/you/we/they buck up he/she/it bucks up present participle bucking up past tense bucked up past participle bucked up 1) informal to try to make someone happier, or to… …
56buck — See: FAST BUCK or QUICK BUCK, PASS THE BUCK …
57buck — See: FAST BUCK or QUICK BUCK, PASS THE BUCK …
58Buck — /buk/, n. 1. Pearl (Sydenstricker) /suyd n strik euhr/, 1892 1973, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1938. 2. a male given name. * * * (as used in expressions) Buck Pearl Leonard Buck Trevino Lee Buck * * * …
59Buck — This interesting surname with variant spelling Bucke, has a number of possible origins. Firstly, it may derive from the Old English pre 7th Century bucca a male goat or bucc a male deer, and would have originated as a nickname for a man with some …
60buck — 1. A hundred of anything (i.e. degrees, pounds) 2. an hour 1. I lost fifteen pounds, and now I m at a buck ninety. It feels like a buck O five outside. 2.I ll be back in a buck and a half …
