Buck vs. Stag
Difference Between Buck and Stag
Bucknoun
A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.
Stagnoun
An adult male deer.
Bucknoun
(US) An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
Stagnoun
A colt, or filly.
Bucknoun
A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
Stagnoun
A romping girl.
Bucknoun
A fop or dandy.
Stagnoun
An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).
Bucknoun
A black or Native American man.
Stagnoun
An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
Bucknoun
A dollar (one hundred cents).
Can I borrow five bucks?Stagnoun
One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
Bucknoun
A rand (currency unit).
Stagnoun
The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
Bucknoun
Money
Corporations will do anything to make a buck.Stagnoun
An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event.
a stag dance; a stag partyBucknoun
One hundred.
The police caught me driving a buck forty on the freeway.That skinny guy? C'mon, he can't weigh more than a buck and a quarter.Stagnoun
A social event for males held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom, sometimes a fund-raiser.
The stag will be held in the hotel's ballroom.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.
Stagnoun
A stag beetle (family Lucanidae).
Bucknoun
Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.
pass the buck; the buck stops hereStagverb
To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
Bucknoun
The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.
Stagverb
(transitive) To watch; to dog, or keep track of.
Bucknoun
(finance) One million dollars.
Stagadverb
Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.
My brother went stag to prom because he couldn't find a date.Bucknoun
(informal) A euro.
Stagnoun
male red deer
Bucknoun
A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
Stagnoun
adult male deer
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"].
Stagverb
attend a dance or a party without a female companion
Bucknoun
synonym of buck dance
Stagverb
give away information about somebody;
He told on his classmate who had cheated on the examBucknoun
synonym of muletype of cocktail with ginger ale etc.
Stagverb
watch, observe, or inquire secretly
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.
The vice president bucked at the board's latest solution.Buckverb
To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely.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.
The plane bucked a strong headwind.Our managers have to learn to buck the trend and do the right thing for their employees.John is really bucking the odds on that risky business venture. He's doing quite well.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
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;
John is bucking for a promotionBuckverb
resist;
buck the trendBuckverb
move quickly and violently;
The car tore down the streetHe came charging into my officeBuckverb
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;
the yung filly buckedBuckadjective
of the lowest rank in a category;
a buck private
