English words starting with bu - page 2

Meanings of Bucked:

verb

(of a horse) to perform a buck.

Usage examples:

He's got to get his head down to buck

noun

The male of some horned animals, especially the fallow deer, roe deer, reindeer, and antelopes.

Usage examples:

Some places base the cost of a deer hunt on the size of a buck's antlers - the bigger the antlers, …

adjective

Lowest of a particular rank.

Usage examples:

A buck private

Meanings of Buckeen:

noun

A poor but aspiring young man of the lower anglo-irish gentry.

Usage examples:

Molloy was in mighty form afterwards, like a young buckeen who'd had a turn with every pretty girl …

Meanings of Buckeens:

noun

A poor but aspiring young man of the lower anglo-irish gentry.

Usage examples:

Molloy was in mighty form afterwards, like a young buckeen who'd had a turn with every pretty girl …

Meanings of Bucket:

noun

A roughly cylindrical open container with a handle, made of metal or plastic and used to hold and carry liquids.

Usage examples:

A bucket and spade

verb

Rain heavily.

Usage examples:

It was still bucketing down

Meanings of Bucket down:

phrasal verb

To rain heavily

Usage examples:

It's absolutely bucketing down.

Meanings of Bucket list:

noun

A number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime.

Usage examples:

Making this trip is the first thing on my bucket list

Meanings of Bucketed:

verb

Rain heavily.

Usage examples:

It was still bucketing down

noun

A roughly cylindrical open container with a handle, made of metal or plastic and used to hold and carry liquids.

Usage examples:

A bucket and spade

Meanings of Bucketful:

noun

The amount of something that a bucket (= a container with an open top and a handle, used especially for carrying liquids) can hold, or a full bucket of something

Usage examples:

He picked a bucketful of tomatoes., i felt as if someone had thrown a bucketful of cold water over …

Meanings of Bucketfuls:

noun

The amount of something that a bucket (= a container with an open top and a handle, used especially for carrying liquids) can hold, or a full bucket of something

Usage examples:

He picked a bucketful of tomatoes., i felt as if someone had thrown a bucketful of cold water over …

Meanings of Bucketing:

verb

Rain heavily.

Usage examples:

It was still bucketing down

noun

A roughly cylindrical open container with a handle, made of metal or plastic and used to hold and carry liquids.

Usage examples:

A bucket and spade

Meanings of Buckets:

noun

A roughly cylindrical open container with a handle, made of metal or plastic and used to hold and carry liquids.

Usage examples:

A bucket and spade

verb

Rain heavily.

Usage examples:

It was still bucketing down

Meanings of Buckeye:

noun

An american tree or shrub related to the horse chestnut, with showy red or white flowers.

Usage examples:

Other less prominent tree types included various hickories, other ash species, white oak, black wal…

Meanings of Buckeyes:

noun

An american tree or shrub related to the horse chestnut, with showy red or white flowers.

Usage examples:

Other less prominent tree types included various hickories, other ash species, white oak, black wal…

Meanings of Buckhorn:

noun

The horn of a deer, used to make knife handles, small containers, and rifle sights.

Usage examples:

A large knife hilted with buckhorn

Meanings of Buckhound:

noun

A staghound of a small breed.

Usage examples:

Out early one crisp morning, the royal buckhounds picked up the scent of a noble white stag.

Meanings of Buckhounds:

noun

A staghound of a small breed.

Usage examples:

Out early one crisp morning, the royal buckhounds picked up the scent of a noble white stag.

Meanings of Bucking:

verb

(of a horse) to perform a buck.

Usage examples:

He's got to get his head down to buck

noun

The male of some horned animals, especially the fallow deer, roe deer, reindeer, and antelopes.

Usage examples:

Some places base the cost of a deer hunt on the size of a buck's antlers - the bigger the antlers, …

adjective

Lowest of a particular rank.

Usage examples:

A buck private

Meanings of Buckjump:

verb

(of a horse) jump vertically with its head lowered, back arched, and legs drawn together in an attempt to unseat its rider.

Usage examples:

After galloping him a mile and a half over that track with me he would start buckjumping when pulli…

noun

An act of buckjumping.

Usage examples:

A buckjump rider

Meanings of Buckle down:

idiom

Start working very hard

phrasal verb

Tackle a task with determination.

Usage examples:

The pair buckled down and started to train seriously

collocation

To start working hard at something

Usage examples:

He'll have to buckle down to his work soon if he wants to pass his finals., she buckled down to inv…

Meanings of Buckle under:

phrasal verb

Consent reluctantly

phrase

To be defeated by a difficult situation

Usage examples:

But these were difficult times and a lesser man would have buckled under the strain., there are sig…

Meanings of Buckle-down-to:

phrasal verb

To start working hard

Usage examples:

He’ll have to buckle down if he expects to pass the course.

Meanings of Buckled:

verb

Fasten with a buckle.

Usage examples:

He buckled his belt

noun

A flat, typically rectangular frame with a hinged pin, used for joining the ends of a belt or strap.

Usage examples:

Most rucksacks have quick release buckles

adjective

Fastened or decorated with a buckle (= a piece of metal used to fasten a belt or strap)

Usage examples:

A tightly buckled belt, he wore old-fashioned buckled shoes., the front of the car was badly buckle…

Meanings of Buckler:

noun

A small round shield held by a handle or worn on the forearm.

Usage examples:

Some archers wore virtually no defensive equipment and were even barefoot, carrying perhaps a small…

Meanings of Bucklers:

noun

A small round shield held by a handle or worn on the forearm.

Usage examples:

Some archers wore virtually no defensive equipment and were even barefoot, carrying perhaps a small…

Meanings of Buckles:

noun

A flat, typically rectangular frame with a hinged pin, used for joining the ends of a belt or strap.

Usage examples:

Most rucksacks have quick release buckles

verb

Fasten with a buckle.

Usage examples:

He buckled his belt