buck (redirected from Passing the buck)

buck¹

1. 

a. the male of various animals including the goat, hare, kangaroo, rabbit, and reindeer

b. (as modifier): a buck antelope

2. South African an antelope or deer of either sex

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buck²

1. US, Canadian, and Austral informal a dollar

2. South African informal a rand

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buck³

1. Gymnastics a type of vaulting horse

2. US and Canadian a stand for timber during sawing

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buck⁴

Poker a marker in the jackpot to remind the winner of some obligation when his turn comes to deal

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Buck

Pearl S(ydenstricker). 1892--1973, US novelist, noted particularly for her novel of Chinese life The Good Earth (1931): Nobel prize for literature 1938

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buck [bək]

(building construction)

The frame into which the finished door fits.

(mining engineering)

To break up or pulverize ore samples.

A large quartz reef in which there is little or no accessory minerals such as gold. Also known as buck quartz; bull quartz.

(vertebrate zoology)

A male deer.

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Buck

after murder of his master, leads wolf pack. [Am. Lit.: The Call of the Wild]

See : Dogs

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Buck

clever and temerarious dog perseveres in the Klondike. [Am. Lit.: Call of the Wild]

See : Resourcefulness