buck

1. (intransitive)To copulate, as bucks and does.

2. (intransitive)To bend; buckle.

3. (intransitive)To leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward, often in an attempt to dislodge or throw a rider or pack.

4. (transitive)To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.

5. (broadly, intransitive)To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.

   The vice president bucked at the board’s latest solution.

   sich widersetzen

   сопротивлятьсяsoprotivljatʹsja

   брика́тисяbrykátysja

   resist

6. (broadly, intransitive)To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.

   The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely.

7. (broadly, transitive)To overcome or shed (e.g., an impediment or expectation), in pursuit of a goal; to force a way through despite (an obstacle); to resist or proceed against.

   The plane bucked a strong headwind.

   Our managers have to learn to buck the trend and do the right thing for their employees.

8. (transitive)To subject to a mode of punishment which consists of tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.

9. (US, slang)To strive or aspire e.g. to a promotion.

   to strive with determination

10. To press a heavy, shaped bucking bar against the bucktail of a rivet, while the opposite end (the rivet factory head) is hammered by a rivet gun, to upset the bucktail into an appropriate shape, most commonly a pancake-shape.

11. To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.

12. To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage.

1. That'll cost about three hundred bucks.

   Це коштуватиме приблизно триста баксів. — deniko

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2. Could you lend me thirty bucks?

   Ви не могли би позичити мені тридцять доларів? — deniko

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3. That'll cost three hundred bucks.

   Це коштуватиме триста баксів. — deniko

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4. I paid about 50 bucks.

   Я заплатив приблизно п'ятдесят доларів. — deniko

   ruЯ заплатил около 50 долларов. — Hellerick

   deIch habe um die 50 Öcken gezahlt. — BraveSentry

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5. Can you spare a buck?

   Можеш мені позичити один долар? — aandrusiak

   ruНе одолжишь доллар? — sharptoothed

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regular · Lesson

• buck upTo become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one's courage or spirits; to pluck up courage.
• buck outTo murder (someone).
• buck inTo align or sight an instrument (such as a theodolite or level) precisely between two marks or points for accurate measurement.
• buck downTo defeat (someone) in a challenge; to beat up or destroy (someone).
• buck forTo strive for persistently; to try hard to obtain (a promotion, raise, etc.).