| VERB | social | buck | to strive with determination |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | buck, go against | resist | |
| motion | buck, tear, shoot, shoot down, charge | move quickly and violently | |
| motion | buck, jerk, hitch | jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched | |
| NOUN | artifact | buck, vaulting horse, long horse | a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated |
| possession | buck, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, clam | a piece of paper money worth one dollar | |
| person | Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck | United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China / China (1892-1973) | |
| artifact | buck, sawhorse, horse, sawbuck | a framework for holding wood that is being sawed | |
| animal | buck | mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope) |
| Sounds | bah'k | |
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| Rhymes | aeronautic ... Zanuck: 70 rhymes with ahk... | |
| Meaning | A gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting. | |
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| Synonyms | vaulting horse, long horse | |
| Broader | horse, gymnastic horse | A padded gymnastic apparatus on legs |
| Spanish | plinto | |
| Catalan | poltre | |
| Meaning | A piece of paper money worth one dollar. | |
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| Synonyms | dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, clam | |
| Region | United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
| Broader | bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback | A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) |
| Spanish | dólar, pavo, pavos | |
| Catalan | dòlar | |
| Meaning | United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China / China (1892-1973). | |
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| Synonyms | Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck | |
| Instance of | missionary, missioner | someone sent on a mission / mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country |
| writer, author | Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) | |
| Spanish | Pearl Buck | |
| Catalan | Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck | |
| Meaning | A framework for holding wood that is being sawed. | |
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| Synonyms | sawhorse, horse, sawbuck | |
| Narrower | trestle | sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop |
| Broader | framework, frame | A structure supporting or containing something |
| Spanish | burro, caballete para serrar | |
| Catalan | cavallet, cavallet per a serrar | |
| Meaning | mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope). | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | stag | adult male deer |
| Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |
| Spanish | buco, gamo, macho | |
| Catalan | boc, cérvol | |
| Verbs | buck | jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched |
| Meaning | To strive with determination. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "John is bucking for a promotion" | |
| Broader | endeavor, endeavour, strive | attempt by employing effort |
| Spanish | jugársela | |
| Meaning | resist. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "buck the trend" | |
| Synonym | go against | |
| Broader | react, oppose | act against or in opposition to |
| Spanish | in en contra, ir contra, oponerse, resistirse | |
| Meaning | Move quickly and violently. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | tear, shoot, shoot down, charge | |
| Narrower | rip | Move precipitously or violently |
| Broader | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | Move fast |
| Similar to | dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot | Run or move very quickly or hastily |
| Spanish | arrancar, arremeter, cargar, despedir, disparar, sacudirse | |
| Meaning | Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "the yung filly bucked" | |
| Synonyms | jerk, hitch | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Nouns | buck | mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope) |
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