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bucking the tiger

bucking the tiger is the present participle and gerund 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 bucking the tiger

What is bucking the tiger the present participle and gerund of?
Bucking the tiger is the present participle and gerund of buck the tiger.

Words near bucking the tiger in the dictionary

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

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