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buck the tiger

buck the tiger verb: to gamble on a game of faro.

Verb

buck the tiger (third-person singular simple present bucks the tiger, present participle bucking the tiger, simple past and past participle bucked the tiger)

  1. (informal) To gamble on a game of faro.

Forms of buck the tiger

third-person singular presentbucks the tiger
present participlebucking the tiger
past participlebucked the tiger
pastbucked the tiger

Questions about buck the tiger

What does buck the tiger mean?
Buck the tiger means to gamble on a game of faro.
What part of speech is buck the tiger?
Buck the tiger is a verb.
What is the past tense of buck the tiger?
The past tense of buck the tiger is bucked the tiger.

Words near buck the tiger in the dictionary

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  2. buck slip
  3. buck slips
  4. buck spinifex
  5. buck the tide
  6. buck the tiger
  7. buck the trend
  8. buck up
  9. buck up one's ideas
  10. buck up to
  11. buck wild

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