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bucks the tiger

bucks the tiger is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bucks the tiger

What is bucks the tiger the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bucks the tiger is the third-person singular simple present indicative of buck the tiger.

Words near bucks the tiger in the dictionary

  1. Bucks Harbor
  2. bucks in
  3. Bucks Lake
  4. bucks out
  5. bucks the tide
  6. bucks the tiger
  7. bucks the trend
  8. bucks up
  9. bucks up one's ideas
  10. bucks up to
  11. bucks' parties

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