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Meanings of buck in English

Portuguese
dólar
Spanish
dólar

A piece of paper money worth one dollar.

        dólar
        Catalan
        cavallet per a serrar

        A framework for holding wood that is being sawed.

              cavallet per a serrar
              Catalan
              poltre

              A gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting.

                    poltre
                    Spanish
                    despedir

                    Move quickly and violently.

                          Related terms
                          despedir
                          Usage of buck in English
                          1
                          A small number of stocks managed to buck the downward trend however.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          Buying property is no longer a sure way to make a buck.
                          The Irish Times
                          3
                          The buck ran into the thicket; but the doe eyed him curiously.
                          The Last Trail
                          4
                          It's an easy mistake thinking it's just speculators, making a quick buck.
                          BBC
                          5
                          The public relations firms and spin doctors who've made a quick buck?
                          Radio NZ
                          6
                          But the buck for this crisis does not stop with him alone.
                          The Irish Times
                          7
                          A squaw moved slowly in the half-light to where the buck lay.
                          Crooked Trails
                          8
                          While he was there, he met a young buck called Bernard Edwards.
                          The Irish Times
                          9
                          It hit the buck in the left flank, inflicting a painful wound.
                          The Camp in the Snow; Or, Besieged by Danger
                          10
                          Schumacher was covering the Democratic National Convention trying to buck Mayor Daley.
                          The new yorker
                          11
                          Once I came upon the big buck lying down in a thicket.
                          Secrets of the Woods
                          12
                          The buck staggered to his feet; he turned this way and that.
                          Betty Zane
                          13
                          Those looking to make a quick buck are in the wrong business.
                          Reuters
                          14
                          The district attorney hustled Nancy out of the buck-board to the ground.
                          Whirligigs
                          15
                          The rest of the buck he gave to the lion to devour.
                          Bulfinch's Mythology
                          16
                          At that moment Whopper fired, hitting the buck in the right foreleg.
                          Four Boy Hunters; Or, The Outing of the Gun Club
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                          Translations for buck
                          Portuguese
                          dólar
                          Buck through the time
                          Buck across language varieties
                          Australia
                          Common
                          South Africa
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
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