buck
buck
englantiuros (hirvi, jänis, rusakko), pukki (vuohi)
keikari
yhteys|slangia|k=en taala, dollari
Synonyymisanakirja
buck
Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck.
Rimmaavat sanat
buck rimmaa näiden kanssa:
come-back, feedback, playback, vorschmack, crack, glencheck, slapstick, joystick, rock, hevirock...
Englannin sanakirja
buck (englanti > suomi)
buck englanniksi
A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.
puhekieltä An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
1808, w:Alexander Chalmers|Alexander Chalmers (editor), The Connoisseur, The British Essayists, Volume 32, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xa1MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA93&dq=%22a+buck%22 %22twenty+bucks%22+-intitle:%22buck|bucks%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YEgNT_e2M9CJmQXk0OGlBg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22a%20buck%22|%22twenty%20bucks%22%20-intitle%3A%22buck|bucks%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 93,
1825, w:Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby|Constantine Henry Phipps, I Zingari, The English in Italy, Volume II, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oDBLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA153&dq=%22a+buck%22 %22twenty+bucks%22+-intitle:%22buck|bucks%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-UQNT_euM4rEmQWYl5ytBg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22a%20buck%22|%22twenty%20bucks%22%20-intitle%3A%22buck|bucks%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 153,
puhekieltä A black or Native American man.
2009, Carol C. Morgan, Wind in the Cotton Fields (page 460)
Can I borrow five bucks?
1873, John Morris, Wanderings of a Vagabond
puhekieltä A rand (currency unit).
puhekieltä money Money
Corporations will do anything to make a buck.
puhekieltä One hundred.
The police caught me driving a buck forty on the freeway.
That skinny guy? Cmon, he can't weigh more than a buck and a quarter.''
puhekieltä An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
puhekieltä blame Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.
puhekieltä The body of a windmill post mill, particularly in w:East Anglia|East Anglia. See Wikipedia:w:Mill_machineryWindmill_machinery Windmill machinery.
puhekieltä One million dollars.
puhekieltä A euro
A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal bodywork. See http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/additional-how-to/1009sr-making-a-wood-buck/ Street Rodder "Making a Wood Buck".
puhekieltä (synonym of)
puhekieltä 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.
1849, Jackey Jackey, The Statement of the Aboriginal Native Jackey Jackey, who Accompanied Mr. Kennedy, William Carron, Narrative of an Expedition Undertaken Under the Direction of the Late Mr. Assistant Surveyor E. B. Kennedy, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0201121.txt 2004 Gutenberg Australia eBook 0201121,
puhekieltä To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
W. E. Norris
puhekieltä 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.
puhekieltä To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
The vice president bucked at the boards latest solution.''
puhekieltä To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely.
puhekieltä 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.
John is really bucking the odds on that risky business venture. Hes doing quite well.''
puhekieltä To press a reinforcing device (bucking bar) against (the force of a rivet) in order to absorb vibration and increase expansion. See Wikipedia: w:RivetInstallation Rivet:Installation.
puhekieltä To saw a fellVerb felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.
puhekieltä To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage. See Wikipedia: w:Buck converter|Buck converter
(rfquotek)
lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed
The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.
To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
puhekieltä To break up or pulverize, as ores.
1991, Joan Day, R. F. Tylecote, The industrial revolution in metals (page 89)