bucks
/bʌks/ · noun
Meaning
- A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret and shad.
- An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
- A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
- A fop or dandy.
- A black or Native American man.
- A dollar (one hundred cents).
- To copulate, as bucks and does.
- To bend; buckle.
- (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.
- (of a horse or similar saddle or pack animal) To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
- To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of 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.
- (by extension) To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
- (by extension) To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
- The beech tree.
- To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.
- To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
- To break up or pulverize, as ores.
- A type of African American traditional clogging.
- Casual oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral colour.
- The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
- The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.
- A hybrid plant.
- A stubborn person.
- A person paid to smuggle drugs.
- A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.
- A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.
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