buck
buck1 / bək/ • n. 1. the male of some antlered animals, esp. the fallow deer, roe deer, reindeer, and antelopes. Compare with doe. ∎ a male hare, rabbit, ferret, rat, or kangaroo.2. a vertical jump performed by a horse, with the head lowered, back arched, and back legs thrown out behind.3. a fashionable and typically hell-raising young man.4. inf., offens. a black or American Indian man.5. (bucks) an oxford shoe made of buckskin.• v. 1. [intr.] (of a horse) to perform a buck: he's got to get his head down to buck [tr.] she bucked them off if they tried to get on her back. ∎ (of a vehicle) make sudden jerky movements: the boat began to buck in the water.2. [tr.] oppose or resist (something that seems oppressive or inevitable): the shares bucked the market trend.3. [tr.] inf. make (someone) more cheerful: Bella and Jim need me to buck them up [intr.] (buck up) buck up, kid, it's not the end of the world. • adj. military slang lowest of a particular rank: a buck private.buck2 • n. inf. a dollar: a run-down hotel room for five bucks a night.PHRASES: big bucks a lot of money.a fast (or quick) buck easily and quickly earned money: the pursuit of a fast buck is the cause of most losses.buck3 • n. an article placed as a reminder before a player whose turn it is to deal at poker.PHRASES: pass the buck inf. shift the responsibility for something to someone else.