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Meanings of buck in English
Catalan
cavallet per a serrar Catalan
poltre A gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting.
Synonyms
Examples for "charge"
Examples for "charge"
1
The largest question in democratic politics in Europe is: who's in charge?
2
A similar fast-charge network for Europe will be announced later this year.
3
In both cases, the media led the charge: and quite right too.
4
The report said the children were being given necessities free of charge.
5
I will solve this Unresolvable Problem right now -free of charge.
1
Despite a shoot-to-kill policy on the border, thousands still leave each month.
2
No further details were immediately available, including the time of the shoot-down.
3
This optical arms race presents a problem for makers of point-and-shoot cameras.
4
That is, the defender may shoot to kill; the offender may not.
5
Monstrous creatures writhe about the crags; the men shoot some of them.
1
For the lump in the throat and the tear in the eye.
2
Both the lump in the throat and the tear in the eye.
3
To the lump in the throat and the tear in the eye.
4
Others, he said, needed medical treatment after being hit with tear gas.
5
Let's tear down trade barriers in places like Europe and the Pacific.
1
Their weapons were always at hand to shoot down the straggling savage.
2
At one time I appeared to shoot down a very steep hill.
3
You send militiamen and shoot down our organizers, and we are helpless.
4
He had no rear guard to shoot down any one who ran.
5
The separatists still shoot down Georgian spy planes from time to time.
Usage of buck in English
1
A small number of stocks managed to buck the downward trend however.
2
Buying property is no longer a sure way to make a buck.
3
The buck ran into the thicket; but the doe eyed him curiously.
4
It's an easy mistake thinking it's just speculators, making a quick buck.
5
The public relations firms and spin doctors who've made a quick buck?
6
But the buck for this crisis does not stop with him alone.
7
A squaw moved slowly in the half-light to where the buck lay.
8
While he was there, he met a young buck called Bernard Edwards.
9
It hit the buck in the left flank, inflicting a painful wound.
10
Schumacher was covering the Democratic National Convention trying to buck Mayor Daley.
11
Once I came upon the big buck lying down in a thicket.
12
The buck staggered to his feet; he turned this way and that.
13
Those looking to make a quick buck are in the wrong business.
14
The district attorney hustled Nancy out of the buck-board to the ground.
15
The rest of the buck he gave to the lion to devour.
16
At that moment Whopper fired, hitting the buck in the right foreleg.
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Translations for buck
Portuguese
Buck through the time
Buck across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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