Greenback vs. Buck
Greenbacknoun
(US) Any bill that is legal tender in the US (originally printed with green and black ink) issued by the Federal Reserve.
Greenbacknoun
The United States dollar.
Greenbacknoun
(historical) A unit of American currency issued during the Civil War by the Treasury Department.
Greenbacknoun
(surfing) A wave that has not yet begun to break.
Greenbacknoun
One of the legal tender notes of the United States; a note of paper currency of the United States; - first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.
Greenbacknoun
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank);
Bucknoun
A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.
Bucknoun
(US) An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
Bucknoun
A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
Bucknoun
A fop or dandy.
Bucknoun
A black or Native American man.
Bucknoun
A dollar (one hundred cents).
Bucknoun
A rand (currency unit).
Bucknoun
Money
Bucknoun
One hundred.
Bucknoun
(dated) 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.
Bucknoun
Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.
Bucknoun
The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.
Bucknoun
(finance) One million dollars.
Bucknoun
(informal) A euro.
Bucknoun
A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
Bucknoun
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"].
Bucknoun
synonym of buck dance
Bucknoun
synonym of muletype of cocktail with ginger ale etc.
Bucknoun
(Scotland) The beech tree.
Bucknoun
Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.
Bucknoun
The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
Buckverb
(intransitive) To copulate, as bucks and does.
Buckverb
(intransitive) To bend; buckle.
Buckverb
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.
Buckverb
To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
Buckverb
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.
Buckverb
To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
Buckverb
To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
Buckverb
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.
Buckverb
(riveting) To press a reinforcing device (bucking bar) against (the force of a rivet) in order to absorb vibration and increase expansion. See Wikipedia: Rivet:Installation.
Buckverb
(forestry) To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.
Buckverb
(electronics) To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage. See Wikipedia: Buck converter
Buckverb
To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.
Buckverb
To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
Buckverb
(mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores.
Bucknoun
Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.
Bucknoun
The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
Bucknoun
The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.
Bucknoun
A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy.
Bucknoun
A male Indian or negro.
Bucknoun
A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
Bucknoun
The beech tree.
Buckverb
To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; - a process in bleaching.
Buckverb
To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
Buckverb
To break up or pulverize, as ores.
Buckverb
To copulate, as bucks and does.
Buckverb
To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; - said of a vicious horse or mule.
Buckverb
To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in 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.
Buckverb
To throw by bucking. See Buck, v. i., 2.
Bucknoun
a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
Bucknoun
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
Bucknoun
United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
Bucknoun
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
Bucknoun
mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
Buckverb
to strive with determination;
Buckverb
resist;
Buckverb
move quickly and violently;
Buckverb
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;
Buckadjective
of the lowest rank in a category;
