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Vinony

buck

noun

  1. family of mixed drinks with ginger, citrus juice and liquor
L16179 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. go against some trend
  2. strive for with determination
L16180 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bʌk/ / /ˈbʌk/ / /ˈbʊk/ / /ˈbɜk/

name

Etymology: * For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a buck. * Also as an English topographic surname, from Middle English buk (modern beech). * As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from Burkhard, compare Burkhart. * As a north German and Danish surname, from Middle Low German bûk (“belly”), from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz. Compare Bauch. * Also as a German and Dutch surname, variant of Bock. * Also as a German surname, variant of Puck. * As a Germanized Lower Sorbian surname, from buk (“beech”).

  1. An English surname transferred from the nickname.

    “The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.”

  2. A male given name from Old English.
  3. A German surname, a variant of Buch.
  4. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  5. A township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
  6. A township in Hardin County, Ohio, United States.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English bouk (“belly, trunk, body, hull of a ship, fishtrap, container”), from Old English būc (“belly, bottle, jug, pitcher”), from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz. Doublet of bucket.

  1. The body of a cart or waggon, especially the front part.
  2. Belly, breast, chest.
  3. Size.

verb

Etymology: From Hindi बकना (baknā, “babble, talk nonsense”).

  1. To boast or brag.

    “And then […] he bucks with a quiet stubborn determination that would fill an American editor, or an Under Secretary of State with despair. He belongs to the 12-foot-tiger school, so perhaps he can't help it.”

    “He was certainly bucking about his trophies, and for the sake of the argument you will be good enough to admit that you probably bucked about yours. What happens? You are overheard; you are followed; you are worked into the same scheme, and robbed on the same night.”