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A leather-covered frame used for gymnastic vaulting.
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A robust or high-spirited young man.
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A sawhorse or sawbuck.
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An act or instance of bucking: a horse that unseated its rider on the first buck.
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verb-transitive
Archaic To butt against with the head.
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Informal To pass (a task or duty) to another, especially so as to avoid responsibility: "We will see the stifling of initiative and the increased bucking of decisions to the top” ( Winston Lord).
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To oppose directly and stubbornly; go against: "Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the country, is bucking the trend” ( American Demographics).
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To throw or toss by bucking: buck off a rider; bucked the packsaddle off its back.
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verb-intransitive
Informal To strive with determination: bucking for a promotion.
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To charge with the head lowered; butt.
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To leap upward arching the back: The horse bucked in fright.
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To make sudden jerky movements; jolt: The motor bucked and lurched before it finally ran smoothly.
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To resist stubbornly and obstinately; balk.
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adjective
Of the lowest rank in a specified military category: a buck private; a buck sergeant.
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Of the lowest grade within a military category .
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idiom
The buck stops here Informal The ultimate responsibility rests here.
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