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A "buck" is a slang word for a dollar in American English. People say "Can I have ten bucks?" instead of "Can I have ten dollars?" It is commonly used when talking about money.

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"buck" as noun

1 - A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret and shad.

2 - An uncastrated sheep, a ram.

3 - A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.

"buck" as verb

1 - To copulate, as bucks and does.

"buck" as noun

1 - A type of African American traditional clogging.

"buck" as noun

1 - The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

2 - The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.

3 - A hybrid plant.

"buck" as noun

1 - A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.

"buck" as verb

1 - To bend; buckle.

2 - (of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) 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.

3 - (of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.

"buck" as noun

1 - The beech tree.

"buck" as noun

1 - Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.

2 - The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.

"buck" as verb

1 - To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.

2 - To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.

3 - To break up or pulverize, as ores.

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Synonyms
1 - deer
2 - hare
3 - roe
4 - alleys
5 - trotters
6 - skip
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Antonyms
1 - hoof
2 - udder
3 - tail
4 - spine
5 - limb
6 - beam
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