buck in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for buck in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.buck¹ [Brit bʌk, Am bək] N

1. buck ZOOL (of goat, hare, kangaroo, rabbit, and reindeer):

buck

maschio m

buck before n antelope, hare, rabbit

maschio

2. buck RIDING:

buck

sgroppata f

to give a buck

dare una sgroppata

3. buck (man) inf:

a young buck

un bellimbusto

II.buck¹ [Brit bʌk, Am bək] ADJ Am MIL

buck private, sergeant

semplice

III.buck¹ [Brit bʌk, Am bək] VB trans

1. buck (throw) horse:

buck rider

disarcionare

2. buck (go against):

buck market

andare contro, opporsi a

buck trend

superare

to buck the system

lottare contro il sistema

IV.buck¹ [Brit bʌk, Am bək] VB intr

1. buck RIDING:

buck

sgroppare

2. buck (oppose):

to buck at, against sth changes, rule

recalcitrare davanti a, opporsi a

buck² [Brit bʌk, Am bək] N

1. buck Am (dollar):

buck inf

dollaro m

2. buck (money):

buck inf

soldi mpl

to make a fast or quick buck

fare soldi alla svelta (e facilmente)

to make a few bucks

farsi un po' di soldi

buck³ [Brit bʌk, Am bək] N

the buck stops here, with the president

la responsabilità è mia, è del presidente

to pass the buck

fare a scaricabarile

buck's night [ˌbʌksˈnaɪt], buck's party [ˌbʌksˈpɑːtɪ] N Aus

buck's night

addio m al celibato

buck-passing [Am ˈbəkˌpæsɪŋ] N

buck-passing

scaricabarile m

buck naked [Brit, Am] ADJ Am inf

buck naked

nudo come un verme

stone-buck [ˈstəʊnbʌk] N

stone-buck → steinbock

See also steinbock

steinbock [Brit ˈstʌɪnbɒk] N

steinbock

stambecco m

I.buck up VB [bʌk -] (buck up)

1. buck up (cheer up):

buck up inf

tirarsi su di morale

buck up!

su! coraggio!

2. buck up (hurry up):

buck up inf

sbrogliarsi

buck up inf

sbrigarsi

II.buck up VB [bʌk -] (buck [sb] up)

buck up (cheer up) news, person:

buck up person

tirare su di morale, incoraggiare

to buck up one's ideas

mettere la testa a posto

buck teeth [Brit bʌk ˈtiːθ] N npl pej

buck teeth

denti m da cavallo

Buck's Fizz [Brit ˌbʌks ˈfɪz, Am ˌbəks ˈfɪz] N Brit

Buck's Fizz

= cocktail a base di champagne e succo d'arancia

buck in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for buck in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.buck¹ <-(s)> [bʌk] N

1. buck (male):

buck of deer, rabbit, hare

maschio m

2. buck liter (man):

buck

bell'uomo m

II.buck¹ <-(s)> [bʌk] VB intr

buck

sgroppare

III.buck¹ <-(s)> [bʌk] VB trans

buck

ir contra

to buck the trend

invertire la tendenza

buck² [bʌk] N inf (dollar)

buck

dollare m

to make a fast buck

fare soldi facili

buck³ [bʌk] N inf

to pass the buck

scaricare la responsabilità agli altri

the buck stops here prov

me la vedo io

buck up VB trans inf

1. buck up (cheer up):

to buck sb up

rincuorare qu

Phrases:

to buck up one's ideas

darsi una scrollata

buck Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to buck the trend

invertire la tendenza

to make a fast buck

fare soldi facili

to buck sb up

rincuorare qu

to buck up one's ideas

darsi una scrollata

to pass the buck

scaricare la responsabilità agli altri

the buck stops here prov

me la vedo io

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Buck is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of music, as well as his extensive personal record collection.

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No self-respecting fan wants their club run by absentee owners who are only out to make a fast buck.

www.spiked-online.com

Because the first car that you buck up on, believe me, di second one is going to be a police jeep.

www.jamaicaobserver.com

Elsewhere, some releases in 2015 were criticised for cutting and pasting popular mechanics and genres to earn a quick buck.

www.trustedreviews.com

Any elected official, of any party, would be well-advised not to buck that voter headwind.

www.thestar.com

Buck makes the surprising confession that he has a deep-seated fear of riding in airplanes.

en.wikipedia.org

As they wise up and buck up, his extraordinary luck convulses.

www.limerickpost.ie

The man was elected legally and constitutionally, so buck up and quit tearing my country up.

thesouthern.com

Buck up and just get down to the business of learning.

schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com

While these trusts' shares plunged along with the wider market, they tended to buck back up on the strength of buying by wealth managers and clued-up individual investors.

www.telegraph.co.uk