to buck

Definition of to buck in English English dictionary: to successfully throw or attempt to throw (a rider or pack) by bucking; A fop or dandy; To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack
At the same time we got speared, the horses got speared too, and jumped and bucked all about.; To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner
The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely.; Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing
The buck stops here. — Harry S. Truman.; To press a reinforcing device (bucking bar) against (the force of a rivet) in order to absorb vibration and increase expansion. See Wikipedia: Rivet: Installation; A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad; To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly
The vice president bucked at the board's latest solution.; An uncastrated sheep, a ram; One million dollars; One hundred
That skinny guy? C'mon, he can't weigh more than a buck and a quarter.; The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia: Windmill machinery; (always plural, bucks) Casual oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral color; A dollar (one hundred cents)
Can I borrow five bucks?.; A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man; To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite (an obstacle); to resist or proceed against
John is really bucking the odds on that risky business venture. He's doing quite well.; An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes; {n} water to wash clother, the male of rabbits, deer; {v} to wash or steep clothes in lye; {i} family name; Pearl Buck (1892-1973), United States author who was a missionary and lived in China, author of "The Good Earth; (See Door frame ); If you are trying to make a buck, you are trying to earn some money. The owners don't want to overlook any opportunity to make a buck; -The act of lowering the voltage; To saw felled trees into shorter lengths; To cut a log into smaller portions; To throw by bucking; (1)Male deer; (2)To cut trees into short lengths such as for cordwood; The 2"x6" outside, unfinished frame of a door or window; Hence, a fop or dandy; To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; said of a vicious horse or mule; mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope) United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973) jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"; To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water; If someone has buck teeth, their upper front teeth stick forward out of their mouth; of the lowest rank, as in buck private, buck sergeant; Often used in reference to rough frame opening members Door bucks used in reference to metal door frame; an article of clothing, as a shoe, made of buckskin; To break up or pulverize, as ores; Often used in reference to rough frame opening members Door bucks used in reference to metal door frame See Window Buck; The blocking of overly high-voltage utility power by a UPS before it reaches the attached devices; If you buck the trend, you obtain different results from others in the same area. If you buck the system, you get what you want by breaking or ignoring the rules. While other newspapers are losing circulation, we are bucking the trend He wants to be the tough rebel who bucks the system; Of a horse: to rise sharply up on its hind legs; Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed; (1) To saw a felled tree into short cuts (2) To saw felled trees into shorter lengths Buffer strip or buffer zone: (1) Strip of uncut timber left between cutting units or adjacent to another resource Also known as a green strip, leave strip, or streamside management zone (2) Strip of land varying in size and shape, preserving or enhancing aesthetic values around recreation sites and along roads, trails, or water; To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees; When someone makes a fast buck or makes a quick buck, they earn a lot of money quickly and easily, often by doing something which is considered to be dishonest. His life isn't ruled by looking for a fast buck They were just in it to make a quick buck; By extension, to resist obstinately; (See Door frame ) return to top; {s} of the lowest level in a category; a piece of paper money worth one dollar; a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting; A black or Native American man; A male rabbit or hare; To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; a process in bleaching; to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion"; A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck; The beech tree; To cut a felled tree into logs (1); A male Indian or negro; {i} male deer; male rabbit; dollar (Slang); of the lowest rank in a category; "a buck private"; jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched; "the yung filly bucked"; move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"; By extension, one hundred of anything; Slang term for a door frame; To cut trees into shorter lengths, such as logs or cordwood; of the lowest rank in a category; "a buck private; mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope); A sheet of cementitious material, two or more inches thick used to "buck out" door and window openings so that door or window fits the opening and also closes off the grout channels so that grout doesn't flow out of the wall during grout pouring; If you say `The buck stops here' or `The buck stops with me', you mean that you have to take responsibility for something and will not try to pass the responsibility on to someone else. The buck stops with him. He is ultimately responsible for every aspect of the broadcast. Buck Pearl Leonard Buck Trevino Lee Buck; If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible. David says the responsibility is Mr Smith's and it's no good trying to pass the buck