buck

Определение buck в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: 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; A black or Native American man; {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 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
Buck's Fizz: A cocktail of orange juice and champagne
Buck's Fizzes: plural form of Buck's Fizz
buck for: To strive for persistently; to try hard to obtain (a promotion, raise, etc.)
buck naked: Naked but for a waist band with knife sheath, arm bands, footwear, weapons in hand, etc
buck naked: Completely naked
buck off: To cause to fall off
The cowboy was bucked off the bronco after 7 seconds.
buck private: A private soldier keen ("bucking") for promotion; an ambitious private
Bedell Smith was a shopkeeper's son from Indiana who rose from buck private to general without the polish of West Point or a college degree.
buck up: To become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one's courage or spirits
I realized I needed to buck up and tackle the problem head-on.
buck up: Cheer up; take courage; take heart
buck up: To encourage or refresh; to hearten
I knew I had to try and buck up the rest of my team as well.
buck up: Hurry up; make haste
buck up: To pass on to higher authority for resolution. See also pass the buck
Instead of dealing with the customer's complaint himself, he just bucked it up to his boss.
buck up: To dress oneself up smartly; compare (obsolete) buck ("a fop, dandy")
buck-passing: Blame shifting; the act of absolving oneself of responsibility or concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction
buck passing: Buck passing or passing the buck is the action of transferring responsibility or blame unto another person. It is also used as a strategy in power politics when the actions of one country/nation are blamed on another, providing an opportunity for war
buck the system: Refuse to follow the rules of an organization: "Alex is always looking for ways to buck the system."
buck the trend: (deyim) Be noticeably different from the way that a situation is developing generally, especially in connection with financial matters
This company is the only one to have bucked the trend of a declining industry.
Buck Leonard: orig. Walter Fenner Leonard born Sept. 8, 1907, Rocky Mount, N.C., U.S. died Nov. 27, 1997, Rocky Mount U.S. baseball player. Leonard began his professional baseball career in the Negro leagues in 1933. With his teammate Josh Gibson, he led the Homestead Grays to nine consecutive championships from 1937 through 1945. Known as a formidable home-run hitter and an outstanding first baseman, he was selected to the Negro leagues' East-West All-Star game a record 11 times
Buck Rogers: the main character in a US comic who has many adventures in other parts of the universe. The character has also been used in films and television programmes
Buck's Fizz: Buck's Fizz is a drink made by mixing champagne or another fizzy white wine with orange juice. a mixture of champagne and orange juice, or a glass of this
buck bean: A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; called also bog bean
buck fever: Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in hunting
buck fever: Nervous excitement felt by a novice hunter at the first sight of game
buck fever: nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter
buck for: If you are bucking for something, you are working very hard to get it. She is bucking for a promotion
buck passer: {i} person who avoids responsibility by passing it on to someone else, person who regularly passes the buck to another
buck teeth: teeth that stick forward out of your mouth (Because they are like a rabbit's teeth)
buck up: If you tell someone to buck up or to buck up their ideas, you are telling them to start behaving in a more positive and efficient manner. People are saying if we don't buck up we'll be in trouble Buck up your ideas or you'll get more of the same treatment. = pull one's socks up
buck up: {f} gain courage; encourage, hearten; improve; hurry up; (Slang) make happy; (Slang) make more cheerful or joyful
buck up: If you buck someone up or buck up their spirits, you say or do something to make them more cheerful. Anything anybody said to him to try and buck him up wouldn't sink in The aim, it seemed, was to buck up their spirits in the face of the recession. = cheer up
buck up: gain courage
buck-and-wing: a solo tap dance emphasizing sharp taps
buck-naked: {s} stark naked, completely naked
buck-toothed: having protruding upper front teeth
Bucks: Buckinghamshire (in postal addresses)
bang for the buck: Efficiency; cost-effectiveness; value
Do you think he would get as much bang for the buck out of a fancier, more expensive car?.
break the buck: Fall below the value of one dollar per share.“” listed on page 261 of The SmartMoney Guide to Long-Term Investing, Nellie S. Huang, Peter Finch, and James B. Stewart (2002; ; ISBN 0471274925, 978-0471274926)
We were likely going to see more funds halt redemptions and break the buck. The insurance program is part of a wider rescue package.
bucker: A horse that bucks
marsh buck: An antelope found in forests throughout sub-Saharan Africa, scientific name Tragelaphus scriptus
marsh buck: A swamp-dwelling antelope found throughout Central Africa, scientific name Tragelaphus spekii
marsh-buck: Attributive form of marsh buck, noun
It has a marsh-buck look.
pass the buck: To transfer responsibility or blame from oneself onto another; to absolve oneself of concern for a given matter by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction
passed the buck: Simple past tense and past participle of pass the buck
passes the buck: Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pass the buck
passing the buck: Present participle of pass the buck
the buck stops here: A promise that no more excuses will be made; the speaker is going to take responsibility for things, rather than pass them up to higher authorities
bang for the buck: (deyim) Value for the money spent
We were able to get a big bang for our buck when we advertised on the Internet.
passing the buck: Buck passing or passing the buck is the action of transferring responsibility or blame unto another person. It is also used as a strategy in power politics when the actions of one country/nation are blamed on another, providing an opportunity for war
young buck: A teenager or a young adult male, young man
Bucks: {i} family name; county in Pennsylvania (USA)
Lee Buck Trevino: born Dec. 1, 1939, near Dallas, Tex., U.S. U.S. golfer. Of Mexican American descent, Trevino received a grade-school education, served in the U.S. Marine Corps, and worked as an odd-job man and assistant professional at golf courses in his native Texas. In 1967 he unexpectedly came in fifth in the U.S. Open, then won it the next year. In 1971 Trevino became the first player to win the U.S., British, and Canadian Open championships in a single year. He won the British Open in 1972 and the U.S. PGA Championship in 1974. He then underwent several back surgeries but returned to win the PGA again in 1984
Pearl Buck: Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (1892-1973), United States author who was a missionary and lived in China, author of "The Good Earth
Pearl Buck: orig. Pearl Sydenstricker born June 26, 1892, Hillsboro, W.Va., U.S. died March 6, 1973, Danby, Vt. U.S. author. Buck was reared in China by her missionary parents and later taught in a Chinese university. Her first book to reach a wide audience was The Good Earth (1931, Pulitzer Prize), describing the struggles of a Chinese peasant and his slave wife. Sons (1932) and A House Divided (1935) followed; the trilogy was published as The House of Earth (1935). Among her later works are short stories, novels (including five under the pseudonym John Sedges), and an autobiography. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938
Pearl S. Buck: a US writer who lived for many years in China until 1931 and wrote several novels about that country. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938 (1892-1973)
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck: {i} Pearl Buck (1892-1973), United States author who was a missionary and lived in China, author of "The Good Earth
adverb buck 3: buck naked not wearing any clothes
beaver buck: Canadian one dollar bill
bucked: past of buck
bucker: A horse or mule that bucks
bucker: A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore
bucker: One who bucks ore
bucker: {i} horse that bucks, horse that jumps about; protester
bucking: The act of cutting a felled tree into specified log lengths for yarding and hauling; also, making any bucking cut on logs
bucking: Refers to the cancellation of one signal or frequency component of a signal by another signal of equal amplitude but opposite polarity Sometimes this is called phase cancellation It also is a phenomenon that is part of the sound of a phaser or flanger As they sweep through their range various frequencies are accentuated or (nearly) cancelled producing their characteristic "whooshing" effect Hum bucking, as in hum bucking guitar pickups, is the bucking of frequencies we associate with hum (60 Hz in the United States) In this case the cancellation is of EMI that is being picked up by the guitar's pickup, which is acting as a transformer picking up various fields nearby
bucking: Sawing a fallen or horizontal log
bucking: A washing
bucking: bleaching
bucking: cutting a felled tree into specified log lengths for yarding and hauling; also, making any bucking cut on logs
bucking: Cutting logs into specified lengths
bucking: The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores
bucking: A vice in which the horse kicks out his back legs, both at the same time, usually to unsettled the rider or rid itself of irritating Tack
bucking: Cutting a felled tree into specified log lengths
bucking: The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used
bucks: plural of buck
eel buck: eel basket
fast buck: quick or easy earnings, "they are traders out to make a fast buck
pass the buck: transfer blame to someone else
pass the buck to: transfer responsibility to someone else
passing the buck: transferring responsibility to someone else
saw buck: {i} sawhorse, four-legged support used to hold wood while cutting
water buck: It has a white ring around the rump
water buck: It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer
water buck: Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok
water buck: A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa
young buck: an adolescent male

buck

Турецкое произношение

bʌk

Синонимы

stag, billygoat, billy, buckling, buck-goat, he-goat, hob, hob-ferret, ram, tup, bill, bone, clam, cucumber, dead president

Произношение

/ˈbək/ /ˈbʌk/

Этимология

[ 'b&k ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English buc, from Old English bucca 'he-goat', from Proto-Germanic *bukkon (compare German Bock), from Pre-Germanic *bhug̑nó, from Proto-Indo-European *bhug̑os 'ram' (compare Albanian buzë, Old Armenian բուծ (buc, “sucking lamb”), Persian بز (boz, “goat”), Sanskrit बुख (bukha)).