Buck
11buck up — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make or become more cheerful; make or become free from discouragement; become more hopeful. * /After the heavy rain, the scoutmaster bucked up the boys by leading them in a song./ * /Tom was disappointed that he didn t… …
12Buck — Buck, v. t. 1. (Mil.) To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees. [1913 Webster] 2. To throw by… …
13Buck — Buck, n. A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck. [1913 Webster] {Buck saw}, a saw set in a frame and used for sawing wood on a sawhorse. [1913 Webster] …
14Buck — Buck, n. [See {Beech}, n.] The beech tree. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] {Buck mast}, the mast or fruit of the beech tree. Johnson. [1913 Webster] …
15Buck — Buck, 1) [bʊk], Detlev, Filmregisseur, Drehbuchautor, Schauspieler, * Bad Segeberg 1. 12. 1962; gilt als wichtiger Vertreter des neuen deutschen Films seit den 90er Jahren, machte aber bereits 1984 mit dem Kurzfilm »Erst die Arbeit und dann.… …
16Buck — (b[u^]k), n. [Akin to LG. b[ u]ke, Dan. byg, Sw. byk, G. bauche: cf. It. bucato, Prov. Sp. bugada, F. bu[ e]e.] 1. Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed. [1913 Webster] 2. The cloth or… …
17Buck — Buck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bucked} (b[u^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bucking}.] [OE. bouken; akin to LG. b[ u]ken, Dan. byge, Sw. byka, G. bauchen, beuchen; cf. OF. buer. Cf. the preceding noun.] 1. To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; a process in …
18Buck — (b[u^]k), v. i. 1. To copulate, as bucks and does. [1913 Webster] 2. To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; said of a vicious horse or mule. [1913 Webster] …
19Buck — m English (U.S.): from the English nickname Buck, denoting a robust and spirited young man, from the vocabulary word for a male deer (Old English bucc) or a he goat (Old English bucca) …
20buck up — (someone) to encourage someone to be energetic and positive. I told the kids when they had colds to buck up and tough it out …
