HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of BUCK products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| NOUN | 1 | buck, vaulting horse, long horse | A gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated |
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| 2 | buck, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, clam | A piece of paper money worth one dollar | |
| 3 | Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck | United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973) | |
| 4 | buck, sawhorse, horse, sawbuck | A framework for holding wood that is being sawed | |
| 5 | buck | Mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope) | |
| VERB | 1 | buck | To strive with determination |
| 2 | buck, go against | Resist | |
| 3 | buck, tear, shoot, shoot down, charge | Move quickly and violently | |
| 4 | buck, jerk, hitch | Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched |
| Sounds | bah'k |
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| Rhymes | aeronautic, amok, amuck, and 59 more rhymes in ahk... |
| Meaning | A gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated. Used lengthwise for vaulting. |
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| Synonyms | vaulting horse, long horse |
| Broader | horse, gymnastic horse |
| Meaning | A piece of paper money worth one dollar. |
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| Synonyms | dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, clam |
| Region | United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. |
| Broader | bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback |
| Meaning | United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973). |
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| Synonyms | Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck |
| Instance of | missionary, missioner; writer, author |
| Meaning | A framework for holding wood that is being sawed. |
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| Synonyms | sawhorse, horse, sawbuck |
| Broader | framework, frame, framing |
| Narrower | trestle |
| Meaning | Mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope). |
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| Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal |
| Narrower | stag |
| Verbs | buck |
| Meaning | To strive with determination. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "John is bucking for a promotion" |
| Broader | endeavor, endeavour, strive |
| Meaning | Resist. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "buck the trend" |
| Synonyms | go against |
| Broader | react, oppose |
| Meaning | Move quickly and violently. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | tear, shoot, shoot down, charge |
| Similar to | dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot |
| Broader | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along |
| Narrower | rip |
| Meaning | Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "the yung filly bucked" |
| Synonyms | jerk, hitch |
| Broader | move |
| Nouns | buck |
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