Definition of buck up

buck up

verb

• to cheer up.

  Buck up, sweet lips.

  Last edited on Apr 29 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'buck':
bang for (one's) buck	Definitions include: return on one's money spent.
big bucks	Definitions include: a large amount of money.
buck	Definitions include: unattractive.
buck fifty	Definitions include: originated when people in the tri state area would get cut in the face, usually by gang members.
bucking bronco, the	Definitions include: one of many made up "sex moves" that involve physical abuse of women.
buck naked	Definitions include: completely naked.
buck the slobbering donkey	Definitions include: to masturbate.
buck wild	Definitions include: uncontrollable, uncivilized; "crazy".
feel like a million bucks	Definitions include: to feel great.
feel like a thousand bucks	Definitions include: to feel good.
get buck	Definitions include: to get crazy, go wild.
get bucked	Definitions include: to get hit with a thrown object.
in the buck	Definitions include: of a person, in a particular sexual position.
Let her buck.	Definitions include: an invitation to let something proceed, as when bull-riding and requesting the gate be opened.
look like a million bucks	Definitions include: to look excellent.
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Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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