buck
$ \mathrm{buck}^1 |bək|
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noun
1. the male of some antlered animals, especially the fallow deer, roe deer, reindeer, and antelopes. Compare with doe.
雄ジカ(→ deer); (レイヨウ･ヤギ･カンガルーなどの)雄(↔ doe); ｟南ア｠ レイヨウ〘雌雄とも〙
a male hare, rabbit, ferret, rat, or kangaroo.
雄のウサギ(buck rabbit)
2. a vaulting horse.
3. a vertical jump performed by a horse, with the head lowered, back arched, and back legs thrown out behind.
(乗っている人や物を振り落とそうとして)馬が前足でふんばり後足で跳ねること
4. archaic a fashionable and typically high-spirited young man.
｟くだけて･やや古｠ (元気な)若い男
5. informal, offensive a black or American Indian man.
｟米卑｠ 北米先住民や黒人の男 (!差別的呼称で避けた方がよい)
6. (bucks) an oxford shoe made of buckskin.
verb
1. no object (of a horse) to perform a buck:
〈馬が〉前足をふんばって［背を曲げて］跳ね上がる.
e.g. he's got to get his head down to buck
〈馬が〉〈乗り手〉を暴れて振り落とす(off).
e.g. with object : she bucked them off if they tried to get on her back.
(of a vehicle) make sudden jerky movements:
〈自動車などが〉ガタガタと走る
e.g. the boat began to buck in the water.
2. with object oppose or resist (something that seems oppressive or inevitable):
｟くだけて｠ …に強く反対する, 抵抗する(resist)
e.g. the shares bucked the market trend.
3. with object informal make (someone) more cheerful:
｟くだけて｠ 〈人〉により幸福［健康, 自信］を感じさせる
e.g. Bella and Jim need me to buck them up
e.g. no object (buck up) : buck up, kid, it's not the end of the world.
adjective US military slang
lowest of a particular rank:
｟米俗｠ 〘軍〙 (階級が)最下位の
e.g. a buck private.
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.
$ \mathrm{buck}^2 |bək|
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noun
North American & Australian/NZ informal a dollar:
｟米･豪･ニュージー･くだけて｠ 1ドル(dollar)
e.g. a run-down hotel room for five bucks a night.
PHRASES
big bucks
see big.
a fast buck (or a quick buck)
easily and quickly earned money:
e.g. the pursuit of a fast buck is the cause of most losses.
ORIGIN
mid 19th century: of unknown origin.
$ \mathrm{buck}^3 |bək|
noun
an article placed as a reminder before a player whose turn it is to deal at poker.
(ポーカーで次に親になる人の前に置く)目印
PHRASES
the buck stops here (or with someone)
informal the responsibility for something cannot or should not be passed to someone else.
pass the buck
informal shift the responsibility for something to someone else.
ORIGIN
mid 19th century: of unknown origin.