buck

  • 71buck — /bʌk/ noun US a dollar (informal) ♦ to make a quick buck to make a profit very quickly ■ verb ♦ to buck the trend to go against the trend …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 72buck up — in. to cheer up; to perk up. □ Come on, now, buck up. Things can’t be all that bad. □ She began to buck up when I showed her the results of the tests …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 73buck — Sawhorse Saw horse , n. A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew s cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; called also {buck}, and {sawbuck}. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 74buck — low level low level adj. 1. weak; not intense; as, low level radiation. [WordNet 1.5] 2. lower in rank or importance. [Narrower terms: {adjunct, assistant}; {associate(prenominal) ; {buck ; {deputy(prenominal), proxy(prenominal) ; {subject,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 75buck — 1) male sturgeon or male fish generally, sometimes referring to a spawning male 2) a large basket used to catch eels. Also called eel buck …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 76buck — verb Buck is used with these nouns as the object: ↑convention, ↑system, ↑tradition, ↑trend …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 77buck — Synonyms and related words: Beau Brummel, Belgian hare, Cape elk, Highland fling, Virginia deer, and jump, antagonize, antelope, assault, battle, bear, bear upon, beat against, beat up against, billy, billy goat, bloke, blood, blunt, boar, bone,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 78Buck — englischer Name, Bedeutung: männlicher Hirsch. Namensträger: Buck Henry, US amerikanischer Schauspieler und Regisseur …

    Deutsch namen

  • 79Buck — 1. Aus einer Kurzform von Burkhard gebildeter Familienname. 2. Übername zu mnd. buck »Bock« oder zu mnd. buk »Bauch«. 3. Wohnstättenname zu nsorb., osorb., poln., tschech. buk »Rotbuche« …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen

  • 80Buck — 1. resist obstinately; object strongly: to buck at improvements ; 2. have sexual intercourse; 3. dollar; $1 …

    Dictionary of Australian slang