young buck
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7.9
- noun
- /jʌŋ bʌk/
- Slang
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joven
- As a young buck, he was full of energy and ambition, eager to take on the world.
Hit the fucking gym, young buck or young lady.
- Hit the fucking gym, young buck or young lady.
- And to know that the young bucks are seeing it, man, I don't know.
Examples
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A group of young bucks clusters around their cars, pouring their Co-Colas on the ground.
Fiction book (1990) -
And I'm a young buck!
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Ought to be good enough for you, young buck.
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How about you, young buck, huh?
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And we, my friends, are the young bucks making our way in the world.
Fiction book (2002) -
To all the young bucks reading this: When you go to summer camp, find a girl.
Blog text (31) -
Look, you're not a young buck anymore.
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What a healthy, strapping young buck.
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You're going to have every young buck west of the Missouri... around here trying to marry you.
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Rachel wasn't listening, apparently preoccupied with some young buck at the bar.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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1.0
A male who is a teenager or a young adult
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A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
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A young person, often a boy or young man
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9.3
A friendly way to say child or young animal
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7.6
A young person new to a group who brings energy and ideas
Antonyms
How Young
Surface Forms
Morphology
young + buck
The element 'young' clearly signals age, and 'buck' denotes a male (originally an animal), so a learner who knows both can infer 'young male' and reasonably map that to a young man. However, using 'buck' to refer to a person is informal/slang and requires the extra step of recognizing animal→person extension, so the link is not fully predictable for a B1 learner without exposure.
Etymology
The expression young buck may come from watching young male deer: a buck is a male deer that often jumps and acts bold when it is young. That's why people began to call energetic, eager 'young men' a young buck.