query | A b___ is a young man.A buck is a young man. He'd been a real hell-raiser as a young buck. |
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word | buck |
full-definition | noun A buck is a US or Australian dollar. That would probably cost you about fifty bucks. Why can't you spend a few bucks on a coat? This means big bucks for someone. A buck is the male of various animals, including the deer, antelope, rabbit and kangaroo. A buck is a young man. He'd been a real hell-raiser as a young buck. adjective If someone has buck teeth, their upper front teeth stick forward out of their mouth. verb If a horse bucks, it kicks both of its back legs wildly into the air, or jumps into the air wildly with all four feet off the ground. The stallion bucked as he fought against the reins holding him tightly in. ...cowboys riding bucking broncos. 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. The company believes it is bucking the recession and says orders continue to be satisfactory. |
inflections | bucksbuckingbucked |
cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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