1. Mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
   "The buck's antlers were impressive"
    
2. [informal] A piece of paper money worth one dollar
   "He tipped the waiter a buck";
   - dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, clam [US, informal], single [US, informal]
    
3. A gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
   "The gymnast performed an impressive routine on the buck";
   - vaulting horse, long horse
    
4. A framework for holding wood that is being sawed
   "He set up the buck in the garage to cut the lumber";
   - sawhorse, horse, sawbuck [N. Amer]

1. Resist
   "buck the trend";
   - go against
    
2. Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
   "the young filly bucked";
   - jerk, hitch
    
3. To strive with determination
   "John is bucking for a promotion"
    
4. Move quickly and violently
   "The car bucked down the street";
   - tear [informal], shoot, shoot down, charge, bomb [Brit, informal], scream [informal]

1. United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
   - Pearl S. Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck

Derived forms: Bucks, bucks, bucked, bucking

Type of: author, bank bill, bank note, banker's bill [N. Amer], banknote, barrel [informal], belt [informal], belt along [informal], bill [N. Amer], bucket [informal], bucket along [informal], endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], eutherian, eutherian mammal, Federal Reserve note [US], frame, framework, government note [US], greenback [US, informal], gymnastic horse, hasten, hie [archaic], horse, hotfoot, hurry, missionary, missioner, move, note, oppose, pelt [informal], pelt along [informal], placental, placental mammal, race, react, rocket [informal], rush, rush along, speed, step on it [informal], strive, travel rapidly, whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], wing [informal], writer, zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal]

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