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• I realized I needed to buck up and tackle the problem head-on.From the entry buck up
• I knew I had to try and buck up the rest of my team as well.From the entry buck up
• The young buck began to pediculate as its testosterone levels surged during puberty.From the entry pediculate
• The buck jumped at the shot of the rifle.From the entry jump
• Do you think he would get as much bang for the buck out of a fancier, more expensive car?From the entry bang for the buck
• Buck buck bacaw! Betcha won't do it.From the entry bacaw
• Rail's not where you get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of decarbonisation."2025 February 5, Peter Plisner, “East West Rail: progress from west to east”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 30. From the entry perspective
• They simply exist to help someone, somewhere, make a quick buck.2022 January 28, Stuart A. Thompson, “How Trump Coins Became an Internet Sensation”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry quick buck
• It caught on the desiccated flesh, bucked, then bit into bone.2015, Tanya Huff, An Ancient Peace. From the entry xenonatomy
• And if many of the lawyers I work for are jerks, well, a buck's a buck.2012, David Housewright, chapter 2, in The Holland Taylor Mysteries: Penance, →ISBN. From the entry a buck's a buck
• We may cost a buck from the box but we don’t put out dollar store journalism.2012 October 31, Rose DiManno, “Star introduces digital subscription because it costs big bucks to put out a decent paper”, in Toronto Star. From the entry dollar-store
• Granted, this is only pocket change to you, but a buck's a buck.2011, Linda Turner, chapter 5, in Christmas Lone-Star Style, →ISBN. From the entry a buck's a buck
• With his show-business background, Reagan was unusually deft at this type of verbal buck and wing.2010, Ralph Keyes, “Peacekeeper”, in Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms, page 122. From the entry buck-and-wing
• "We were likely going to see more funds halt redemptions" and break the buck.2008 September 19, “Money-Market Funds Get $50 Billion Backstop From US (Update1)”, in Bloomberg. From the entry break the buck
• A good investor doesn't respect an urgent buck or short-term profit—only a greedhead thinks like that.1996, Cornelius P. McCarthy, The Under 40 Financial Planning Guide. From the entry greedhead
• Endre had some deermeat there, too, from a buck Arne killed.1947, Edward Havill, Big Ember: A Novel, page 53. From the entry deermeat
• You know one time I put the bee on him for a buck.1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row. From the entry put the bee on
• It was pitch dark but the sea was calmer and the bucking of the ship had lessened.1937 04, Collier's. From the entry slat
• Buck Mulligan slit a steaming scone in two and plastered butter over its smoking pith.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey]…. From the entry pith
• But it appears Spain bucked the tide, pointed out Jordi Évole, one of Spain’s best-known television personalities on the left.2023 July 24, Ashifa Kassam, “Vox party’s hardline attitudes appear to have turned off Spanish voters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry buck the tide
• Truman coined the phrase “the buck stops here”; Mr.2020 February 6, James Vanderzon, “Trump is no Truman”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN…. From the entry let us see
• No self-respecting tabby with a two-grand bolt hole is going to back-squirt in some 10-buck plastic pan from Walmart.2019 January 5, Rex Murphy, “Much show, null impact: How the Liberal carbon tax is not unlike that $2,000 cat door”, in National Post…. From the entry Robert's your uncle
• Breakthroughs like having insultants around because they're prepared to buck convention and challenge the fundamental assumptions of the business.2014, BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: The Breakthrough Company. From the entry insultant
• Its West Coast culture was open to bucking tradition, which fed into the sudden popularity of the Googie style.2012, Jenny Jones, The Big Lebowski, Voyageur Press, →ISBN, page 69. From the entry googie
• More often, he would buck like a scalded dog.2012, Jean Larremore, Self-Portrait of a Texas Cowboy: Ass Over Teakettle, page 54. From the entry like a scalded dog
• Sinks his buck teeth into the Styrofoam leaving horseshoe impressions he can see with the tip of his tongue.2010, Janice Daugharty, The Little Known, Memphis, T.N.: Belle Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 10. From the entry gurk
• With high-street stores desperate to increase footfall and buck the financial downturn, retailers have started issuing discount vouchers.2008 December 9, “Bargains galore in battle of the high street”, in The Scotsman, Edinburgh: The Scotsman Publications, JPIMedia…. From the entry footfall
• As the Pirate Captain strained at the ham, the whale began to spasm and buck about in the water.2005, Gideon Defoe, The Pirates!: in an adventure with Ahab, page 140. From the entry windmill
• You fancy yourself a larky buck, but there's alchemy between Jocasta and I you cannot begin to fathom.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN. From the entry larky
• Jahn is credited with introducing the parallel bars, the horizontal bar, the side horse with pommels, and the vaulting buck.2003, Dale Mood, Sports and Recreational Activities. From the entry pommel

Meaning of buck

1. noun A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad, skunk and kangaroo.
2. noun An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
3. noun An antelope of either sex; compare with Afrikaans bok.

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How do you use buck in a sentence?

Buck is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Can I borrow five bucks?”

What is a short sentence with buck?

“pass the buck”

What does buck mean?

Buck means a male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad, skunk and kangaroo.