A gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting.

synonyms: long horse, vaulting horse.

Roget 309: leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation^†.    ance, caper; curvet, caracole; gambade^†, gambado^†; capriole, demivolt^†; buck, buck jump; hop skip and jump; falcade^†.    kangaroo, jerboa; chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea; buckjumper^†; wallaby.    ... show more

Roget 854: fop, fine gentleman; swell; dandy, dandiprat^†; exquisite, coxcomb, beau, macaroni, blade, blood, buck, man about town, fast man; fribble, milliner^†; Jemmy Jessamy^†, carpet knight; masher, dude.    fine lady, coquette; flirt, vamp.    ... show more

Roget 431: blackness, etc. adj.; darkness, etc. (want of light).. 421; swartliness^†, lividity, dark color, tone, color; chiaroscuro etc. 420.    nigrification^†, infuscation^†.    jet, ink, ebony, coal pitch, soot, charcoal, sloe, smut, raven, crow.    [derogatory terms for black-skinned people] negro, blackamoor, man of color, nigger, darkie, Ethiop, black; buck, nigger [U.S.]; coon [U.S.], sambo.    [Pigments] lampblack, ivory black, blueblack; writing ink, printing ink, printer's ink, Indian ink, India ink.    ... show more

Dutch: bok, springbok
Polish: stół gimnastyczny

A piece of paper money worth one dollar.

synonyms: clam, dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill.

Dutch: dollar
Polish: zielony, dolar, dollar, dolec, dolar amerykański, baks, USD

United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973).

synonyms: Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck.

A framework for holding wood that is being sawed.

synonyms: horse, sawbuck, sawhorse.

Roget 373: man, male, he, him; manhood etc. (adolescence) 131; gentleman, sir, master; sahib; yeoman, wight^†, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man; husband etc. (married man) 903; Mr.   , mister; boy etc. (youth) 129.    [Male animal] cock, drake, gander, dog, boar, stag, hart, buck, horse, entire horse, stallion; gibcat^†, tomcat; he goat, Billy goat; ram, tup; bull, bullock; capon, ox, gelding, steer, stot^†.    androgen.    homosexual, gay, queen [Slang].    ... show more

Roget 366: animal, animal kingdom; fauna; brute creation.    beast, brute, creature, critter [U.S.]; wight, created being; creeping thing, living thing; dumb animal, dumb creature; zoophyte.    [major divisions of animals] mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe.    [microscopic animals] microbe, animalcule etc. 193.    [reptiles] alligator, crocodile; saurian; dinosaur (extinct); snake, serpent, viper, eft; asp, aspick^†.    [amphibians] frog, toad.    [fishes] trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel.    [insects] ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee.    [arthropods] tardigrade, spider.    [classification by number of feet] biped, quadruped; [web-footed animal] webfoot.    flocks and herds, live stock; domestic animals, wild animals; game, ferae naturae [Lat.]; beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea; black game, black grouse; blackcock^†, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe.    [domesticated mammals] horse etc. (beast of burden) 271; cattle, kine^†, ox; bull, bullock; cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn; sheep; lamb, lambkin^†; ewe, ram, tup; pig, swine, boar, hog, sow; steer, stot^†; tag, teg^†; bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat.    [dogs] dog, hound; pup, puppy; whelp, cur, mongrel; house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog; mastiff; blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound; harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever; Newfoundland; water dog, water spaniel; pug, poodle; turnspit; terrier; fox terrier, Skye terrier; Dandie Dinmont; collie.    [cats--generally] feline, puss, pussy; grimalkin^†; gib cat, tom cat.    [wild mammals] fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe; caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar^†.    [birds] bird; poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet^†, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl; feathered tribes, feathered songster; singing bird, dicky bird; canary, warbler; finch; aberdevine^†, cushat^†, cygnet, ringdove^†, siskin, swan, wood pigeon.    [undesirable animals] vermin, varmint [U.S.], pest.    ... show more

Dutch: zaagbok, paard

Mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope).

Dutch: bok
Polish: byk

To strive with determination.

Roget 309: leap; jump up, jump over the moon; hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper; buck, buck jump; curvet, caracole; foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start; frisk etc. (amusement) 840; jump about etc. (agitation) 315; trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes.    ... show more

Roget 652: be clean, render clean etc. adj.; clean, cleanse; mundify^†, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up.    wash, lave, launder, buck; absterge^†, deterge^†; decrassify^†; clear, purify; depurate^†, despumate^†, defecate; purge, expurgate, elutriate [Chem], lixiviate^†, edulcorate^†, clarify, refine, rack; filter, filtrate; drain, strain.    disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize; whitewash; castrate, emasculate.    sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep.    rout out, clear out, sweep out &c.; make a clean sweep of.    ... show more

Resist:
— Buck the trend.

synonym: go against.

Move quickly and violently.

synonyms: charge, shoot, shoot down, tear.

Jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched:
— The yung filly bucked.

synonyms: hitch, jerk.