## Meanings
1. To resist or oppose something, especially a trend or rule.
2. (of a horse) To jump with the back arched and the legs stiff, often to throw off a rider.
3. A male deer, rabbit, or similar animal.

## Examples
- The company chose to buck the trend and lower its prices.
- The young horse bucked and threw its rider to the ground.
- A buck stood at the edge of the forest, watching us.

## Synonyms
- button

## Derived Forms
- blackbuck
- buck-and-wing
- buck-basket
- buck-eyed
- buck-passer
- buck-passing
- buck-toothed
- buck-wagon
- buckberry
- buckboard
- buckbrush
- buckeen

## Related Forms
- buxom
- doe
- doeling
- ewe
- gill
- jill
- nanny
- nanny-goat
- she-goat

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: buk
- Root: bûk
- Root: būk
- Root: *būk
- Root: *būkaz

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Buck 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”). Important recorded forms include buk (Middle English), bûk (gml), būk (osx), *būk (Proto-West Germanic), and *būkaz (Proto-Germanic). Current senses include to resist or oppose something, especially a trend or rule, (of a horse) To jump with the back arched and the legs stiff, often to throw off a rider, and a male deer, rabbit, or similar animal. The wider family includes derived forms such as blackbuck, buck-and-wing, buck-basket, buck-eyed, and buck-passer and related words such as buxom, doe, doeling, ewe, and gill.

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