buck (redirected from bucks)

buck

1. adult male goat. Unlikely to be kept for any purpose other than an active breeding life, and then only at a distance.

2. breeding male of most small, wild ruminant species, including roe, fallow, muntjac and Chinese water deer. In larger deer species is called bull.

3. the violent actions performed by a horse attempting to dislodge a rider. In rodeo contests steers and bulls may also be engaged in riding-bucking contests with human riders.