Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - buck

1. n. & v. --n. 1 the male of various animals, esp. the deer, hare, or rabbit. 2 archaic a fashionable young man. 3 (attrib.) a sl. male (buck antelope). b US Mil. of the lowest rank (buck private). --v. 1 intr. (of a horse) jump upwards with back arched and feet drawn together. 2 tr. a (usu. foll. by off) throw (a rider or burden) in this way. b US oppose, resist. 3 tr. & intr. (usu. foll. by up) colloq. a make or become more cheerful. b hurry. 4 tr. (as bucked adj.) colloq. encouraged, elated. Phrases and idioms buck fever US nervousness when called on to act. buck-horn horn of buck as a material for knife-handles etc. buck-hound a small kind of staghound. buck rarebit Welsh rarebit with a poached egg on top. buck-tooth an upper tooth that projects. Derivatives bucker n. Etymology: OE buc male deer, bucca male goat, f. ON 2. n. US etc. sl. a dollar. Phrases and idioms a fast buck easy money. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. 3. n. sl. an article placed as a reminder before a player whose turn it is to deal at poker. Phrases and idioms pass the buck colloq. shift responsibility (to another). Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. 4. n. 1 US a saw-horse. 2 a vaulting-horse. Etymology: Du. (zaag)boc 5. n. the body of a cart. Etymology: perh. f. obs. bouk belly, f. OE buc f. Gmc 6. n. conversation; boastful talk. Etymology: Hindi buk buk