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bucking

/buhk/US // bʌk //UK // (bʌk) //

龅牙,龅牙的,戽斗,龅牙症

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the male of the deer, antelope, rabbit, hare, sheep, or goat.
    • : the male of certain other animals, as the shad.
    • : an impetuous, dashing, or spirited man or youth.
    • : Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to an American Indian male or an African American male.
    • : buckskin.
    • : bucks, casual oxford shoes made of buckskin, often in white or a neutral color.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Military. of the lowest of several ranks involving the same principal designation, hence subject to promotion within the rank: buck private; buck sergeant.

Phrases

  • buck for
  • buckle down
  • buckle under
  • buckle up
  • buck stops here, the
  • buck up
  • big bucks
  • fast buck
  • more bang for the buck
  • pass the buck

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Maryland’s performance Saturday bucked those trends and offered a tangible sign of progress for Locksley and his staff.

  • I hold my breath as the buck quarters toward me in a clearing only 25 yards away.

  • These receptors turned out to be a genetic goldmine for which, along with other work on the organization of the olfactory system, Buck and Axel received the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

  • I found myself encouraged by his openness to new ideas and willingness to buck assumptions.

  • Five GOP members of the Judiciary Committee, including Buck, signed on.

  • Bucking and running into the forest, the deer collapsed dead in a litter of leaves.

  • In 2012, Obama pulled a relatively weak 60 percent of the 18-29 vote, with Mitt Romney bucking up to 36 percent.

  • In a fashion industry geared toward turning straight men on, these models are bucking the male gaze.

  • Republicans are finally bucking Grover Norquist and bending on taxes.

  • This mashup bids you examine whether you are righteously renegade in situations, or bucking authority due to old issues with it.

  • You can take it out of me afterwards, if you like, but don't take it out of me now by—by not bucking up just because I suggest it.

  • The horse, frightened by the motor-cycle, was bucking and leaping sideways at the roadside.

  • If they make any objection to this arrangement, we will break them into subjection with the cow-hide and the bucking-paddle.

  • The lad quickly saddled his own mount after a lively little struggle and much squealing and bucking from the pony.

  • He wouldn't feel at home on a horse that didn't break the monotony by bucking now and then.

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