Bull vs. Buck
Difference Between Bull and Buck
Bullnoun
An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
Bucknoun
A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.
Bullnoun
Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
Bucknoun
(US) An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
Bullnoun
A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
Bucknoun
A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
Bullnoun
An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants and seals.
Bucknoun
A fop or dandy.
Bullnoun
A large, strong man.
Bucknoun
A black or Native American man.
Bullnoun
(finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
Bucknoun
A dollar (one hundred cents).
Can I borrow five bucks?Bullnoun
(slang) A policeman.
Bucknoun
A rand (currency unit).
Bullnoun
(US) Specifically, a policeman employed in a railroad yard.
Bucknoun
Money
Corporations will do anything to make a buck.Bullnoun
A crown coin; its value, {{5 shillings.}}
Bucknoun
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.Bullnoun
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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.
Bullnoun
The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
Bucknoun
Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.
pass the buck; the buck stops hereBullnoun
A man.
Bucknoun
The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.
Bullnoun
clipping of bullshit.
Bucknoun
(finance) One million dollars.
Bullnoun
A man who has sex with another man's wife or girlfriend with the consent of both.
Bucknoun
(informal) A euro.
Bullnoun
(obsolete) A drink made by pouring water into a cask that previously held liquor.
Bucknoun
A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
Bullnoun
A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
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"].
Bullnoun
A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
Bucknoun
synonym of buck dance
Bullnoun
A lie.
Bucknoun
synonym of muletype of cocktail with ginger ale etc.
Bullnoun
Nonsense.
Bucknoun
(Scotland) The beech tree.
Bullnoun
a bubble
Bucknoun
Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.
Bulladjective
Large and strong, like a bull.
Bucknoun
The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
Bulladjective
(of large mammals) adult male
a bull elephantBuckverb
(intransitive) To copulate, as bucks and does.
Bulladjective
(finance) Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear)
Buckverb
(intransitive) To bend; buckle.
Bulladjective
stupid
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.
Bullverb
(intransitive) To force oneself (in a particular direction).
He bulled his way in.Buckverb
To throw (a rider or pack) by bucking.
Bullverb
(intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
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.
Bullverb
(intransitive) To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
Buckverb
To resist obstinately; oppose or object strongly.
The vice president bucked at the board's latest solution.Bullverb
To polish boots to a high shine.
Buckverb
To move or operate in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner.
The motor bucked and sputtered before dying completely.Bullverb
To endeavour to raise the market price of.
to bull railroad bondsBuckverb
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.Bullverb
To endeavour to raise prices in.
to bull the marketBuckverb
(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.
Bullverb
to publish in a Papal bull
Buckverb
(forestry) To saw a felled tree into shorter lengths, as for firewood.
Bullverb
to mock, cheat
Buckverb
(electronics) To output a voltage that is lower than the input voltage. See Wikipedia: Buck converter
Bullnoun
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
Buckverb
To soak, steep or boil in lye or suds, as part of the bleaching process.
Bullnoun
a large and strong and heavyset man;
he was a bull of a mana thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he gotBuckverb
To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
Bullnoun
obscene words for unacceptable behavior;
I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerkwhat he said was mostly bullBuckverb
(mining) To break up or pulverize, as ores.
Bullnoun
a serious and ludicrous blunder;
he made a bad bull of the assignmentBucknoun
a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
Bullnoun
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
Bucknoun
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
Bullnoun
an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
Bucknoun
United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)
Bullnoun
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
Bucknoun
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
Bullnoun
the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20
Bucknoun
mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
Bullnoun
the center of a target
Buckverb
to strive with determination;
John is bucking for a promotionBullnoun
a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
Buckverb
resist;
buck the trendBullnoun
mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
Buckverb
move quickly and violently;
The car tore down the streetHe came charging into my officeBullverb
push or force;
He bulled through his demandsBuckverb
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;
the yung filly buckedBullverb
try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
Buckadjective
of the lowest rank in a category;
a buck privateBullverb
talk through one's hat;
The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked itBullverb
advance in price;
stocks were bulling
