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buck
verb- to fight your way through a difficult surfing situation US
- — John M. Kelly, Surf and Sea, p. 281, 1965
- in electric line work, to lower voltage US
- — A.B. Chance Co., Lineman’s Slang Dictionary, p. 2, 1980
▷ see:BUCKIT- to act aggressively US
- So now some dudes will buck on you. They’ll say, “What ten cents? What you talking about?” — John Allen, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, p. 56, 1977
- to shoot a gun US
- So once we went in a car by Mozart, a rival, Mozart Park Boys, and started bucking at them. — S. Beth Atkin, Voices from the Street, p. 86, 1996
▶ buck it
in craps, to roll a number that has previously been rolled US- — John Scarne, Scarne on Dice, p. 462, 1974
▶ buck the clock; buck the calendar
in oil drilling, to work hard in the hope of finishing a job by quitting time US- — Jerry Robertson, Oil Slanguage, p. 32, 1954
▶ buck the tiger
to play faro, a game of chance that was extremely popular in the C19 and only rarely seen in modern times US, 1849- She’s right here in Atlantic City. She’s been bucking the tiger in clubs off the Boardwalk. — Stephen Cannell, King Con, p. 120, 1997
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