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bucked the tiger

bucked the tiger is the simple past and past participle of buck the tiger.

Meaning of buck the tiger

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.

Questions about bucked the tiger

What is bucked the tiger the simple past and past participle of?
Bucked the tiger is the simple past and past participle of buck the tiger.

Words near bucked the tiger in the dictionary

  1. bucked down
  2. bucked for
  3. bucked in
  4. bucked out
  5. bucked the tide
  6. bucked the tiger
  7. bucked the trend
  8. bucked up
  9. bucked up one's ideas
  10. bucked up to
  11. buckeen

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