buck

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To resist or oppose something, especially a trend or rule.

   The company chose to buck the trend and lower its prices.

2. 2
   verb

   (of a horse) To jump with the back arched and the legs stiff, often to throw off a rider.

   The young horse bucked and threw its rider to the ground.

3. 3
   noun

   A male deer, rabbit, or similar animal.

   A buck stood at the edge of the forest, watching us.

* 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”).

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