buck
1 zoologyzó-eolaíocht male animalpoc masc1 cmu buck deer poc masc1, fiaphoc masc1 buck hare giorria fireann buck rabbit coinín fireann 6 kick with hind legs intransitiveneamhaistreachspeach a thabhairt the horse bucked thug an capall speach uaidh, rad an capall lena chosa deiridh → bucking a quick buck (also nó a fast buck) informalneamhfhoirmeáltaairgead bog cmu he's only interested in a fast buck níl ar a intinnsean ach airgead bog to make a quick buck from sth airgead a dhéanamh go héasca ar rud big bucks informalneamhfhoirmeáltaairgead mór cmu he's on big bucks tá sé ar airgead mór she's making big bucks tá airgead mór á shaothrú aici they paid big bucks for it thug siad pingin mhaith air to buck the system dul in aghaidh an ghnáisdul in éadan an chóraisdul in aghaidh stoith to buck the trend Ireland is bucking the trend set by other countries tá Éire ag dul a bealach féin le taobh tíortha eile Irish-medium education is bucking the national trend tá a bhfuil ag tarlú sa Ghaelscolaíocht difriúil lena bhfuil ag tarlú ar bhonn náisiúnta to buck your ideas up informalneamhfhoirmeálta cuma a chur ort féin cmudo bhuille a ghéarú the buck stops ... we need to know where the buck stops caithfimid fios a bheith againn cé air a bhfuil an fhreagracht the buck stops with the treasurer is é an cisteoir atá freagrach the buck stops here mise atá freagrach, is ormsa atá an fhreagracht to pass the buck an fhreagracht a leagan ar dhuine eilean fhreagracht a chur ar dhuine eile it's easy to pass the buck for his problems to his parents tá sé éasca an fhreagracht as a dheacrachtaí a leagan ar a thuismitheoirí → buck for→ buck up Loading phrases and examples...
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