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— English words —

• buck␣up interj. (Idiomatic) Cheer up; take courage; take heart.
• buck␣up interj. (Idiomatic, dated) Hurry up; make haste.
• buck␣up v. (Idiomatic, intransitive) To become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one’s courage…
• buck␣up v. (Idiomatic, transitive) To encourage; to hearten.
• buck␣up v. (Idiomatic, intransitive, dated, early 1900’s) To dress oneself up smartly; compare (obsolete) buck…
• buck␣up v. (Idiomatic, transitive, colloquial) To pass on to higher authority for resolution. See also pass the buck.
• buck␣up v. (Obsolete) To hurry up.

44 English words from 7 English definitions

also authority become buck Cheer cheerful Cheer␣up colloquial compare courage dated dress early encourage encouraged for haste heart hearten higher hurry hurry␣up Idiomatic intransitive make make␣haste obsolete one oneself on␣to pass pass␣on pass␣the␣buck reinvigorated resolution See See␣also smartly summon take take␣courage take␣heart the transitive

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

BUC buck Buck bucku uck Uck

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

cub Cub CUB

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

bucks␣up

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

bucku

18 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

backup back-up back␣up buckus bulk␣up bunk-up bunk␣up fuckup fuck-up fuck␣up muck-up muck␣up ruck␣up suckup suck-up suck␣up tuck␣up yuck␣up

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

bucku

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

bucks␣up

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