Scrabble?! BUCK

Definitions of BUCK in various dictionaries:

noun - a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated

noun - a piece of paper money worth one dollar

noun - United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)

noun - a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

noun - mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)

verb - to strive with determination

verb - resist

verb - move quickly and violently

verb - jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

The adult male of some animals, such as the deer, antelope, or rabbit.

Antelope considered as a group: a herd of buck.

A robust or high-spirited young man.

A fop.

Used as a disparaging term for a Native American or Black man.

An act or instance of bucking: a horse that unseated its rider on the first buck.

Buckskin.

To leap upward arching the back: The horse bucked in fright.

To charge with the head lowered; butt.

To make sudden jerky movements; jolt: The motor bucked and lurched before it finally ran smoothly.

To resist stubbornly and obstinately; balk.

To strive with determination: bucking for a promotion.

To throw or toss by bucking: buck off a rider; bucked the packsaddle off its back.

To oppose directly and stubbornly; go against: “Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the country, is bucking the trend” (American Demographics).

To charge into (an opponent’s line) carrying the ball.

To butt against with the head.

A sawhorse or sawbuck.

A leather-covered frame used for gymnastic vaulting.

A dollar.

An amount of money: working overtime to make an extra buck.

The ultimate responsibility rests here.

verb - to leap forward and upward suddenly