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Traditional English :: a
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a - n. & v. --n. 1 the male of various animals, esp. the deer, hare, or rabbit.
2 archaic a fashionable young man.
3 (attrib.) a sl. male (buck antelope). b US Mil. of the lowest rank (buck private). --v. 1 intr. (of a horse) jump upwards with back arched and feet drawn together.
2 tr. a (usu. foll. by off) throw (a rider or burden) in this way. b US oppose, resist.
3 tr. & intr. (usu. foll. <a class=g href='/db/by'>bya> up) colloq. a make or become more cheerful. b hurry.
4 tr. (as bucked adj.) colloq. encouraged, elated. buck fever US nervousness when called on to act. buck-horn horn of buck as a material for knife-handles etc. buck-hound a small <a class=g href='/db/kind'>kinda> of <a class=g href='/db/staghound'>staghounda>. <a class=g href='/db/buck'>bucka> rarebit Welsh <a class=g href='/db/rarebit'>rarebita> with a poached egg on top. buck-tooth an upper <a class=g href='/db/tooth'>tootha> that projects. bucker n. [OE buc male deer, bucca male goat, f. ON] |
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