buck

¹buck

noun \ˈbək\

plural bucks

Definition of BUCK

1

or plural buck : a male animal; especially : a male deer or antelope

2

a : a male human being : man b : a dashing fellow : dandy

3

or plural buck : antelope

4

a : buckskin; also : an article (as a shoe) made of buckskin b (1) : dollar 3b (2) : a sum of money especially to be gained <make a quick buck>; also : money —usually used in plural

5

[short for sawbuck sawhorse] a : a supporting rack or frame b : a short thick leather-covered block for gymnastic vaulting

Origin of BUCK

Middle English, from Old English bucca stag, he-goat; akin to Old High German boc he-goat, Middle Irish bocc

First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Mammals Terms

dormouse, dugong, gibbon, grimalkin, sable, stoat, ungulate, vole

Rhymes with BUCK

chuck, cluck, cruck, duck, guck, huck, luck, muck, pluck, puck, ruck, schmuck, shuck, struck, suck, truck, Truk, tuck, yech, yuck