Buck | Mean of buck in English Dictionary

/ˈbʌk/

• Noun
• a male animal (such as a male deer)
1. He's an outdoorsman who enjoys buck hunting.
• to avoid a responsibility by giving it to someone else
1. Stop trying to pass the buck and take responsibility for what you've done.
2. The federal government passed the buck to the state governments.
• Verb
• to jump violently into the air with the back bent upward
1. a bucking horse/bronco
2. The plane bucked when we went through some dark clouds.

• to oppose or resist (something or someone)
1. He is reluctant to buck [=go against, defy] the leaders of his own political party.
2. The local decline in crime bucked a nationwide trend. [=crime declined locally but is increasing nationally]
3. He was always trying to buck the system. [=to oppose the rules of the system; to do things that were not allowed]
• to try very hard or work very hard to get (something)
1. He is bucking for a promotion at work.
• to become happier or more confident
1. Buck up, buddy. You'll feel better soon.
• to cause (someone) to be happier or more confident
1. The shows were meant to buck up the soldiers.
2. trying to buck up [=improve] the morale of the troops