[bʌk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the male of some horned animals, especially the fallow deer, roe deer, reindeer, and antelopes

- a vertical jump performed by a horse, with the head lowered, back arched, and back legs thrown out behind
(e.g: the horse seemed to leap, making a mighty buck that shipped the rider off)

- a fashionable and spirited young man
(e.g: the dashing young buck, driving his own equipage)


- a contemptuous term for a black man


Phrases:
- buck up one's ideas

Origin:
Old English, partly from buc ‘male deer’ (of Germanic origin, related to Dutch bok and German Bock); reinforced by bucca ‘male goat’, of the same ultimate origin

[bʌk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a horse) to perform a buck
(e.g: he's got to get his head down to buck)

- oppose or resist (something oppressive or inevitable)
(e.g: the shares bucked the market trend)


Phrases:
- buck up one's ideas

Origin:
Old English, partly from buc ‘male deer’ (of Germanic origin, related to Dutch bok and German Bock); reinforced by bucca ‘male goat’, of the same ultimate origin

[bʌk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- lowest of a particular rank
(e.g: a buck private)


Phrases:
- buck up one's ideas

Origin:
Old English, partly from buc ‘male deer’ (of Germanic origin, related to Dutch bok and German Bock); reinforced by bucca ‘male goat’, of the same ultimate origin

[bʌk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a dollar
(e.g: a run-down hotel room for five bucks a night)


Phrases:
- a quick buck

Origin:
mid 19th century: of unknown origin

[bʌk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an article placed as a reminder in front of a player whose turn it is to deal at poker


Phrases:
- pass the buck
- the buck stops with someone

Origin:
mid 19th century: of unknown origin