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• goat — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. Capra (Latin), nanny goat, billy goat, buck, kid, he goat, she goat, billy*. Types of goats include: ibex, markhor, bezoar, dzeren, Rocky Mountain, Angora, Cashmere, dwarf, Guinean, Egyptian, Granada, Nubian, Maltese, Nepal …   English dictionary for students

• buck — buck1 [buk] n. [ME bukke < OE bucca, male goat < IE base * bhuĝo > Ger bock, Du bok, Ir boc ] 1. pl. bucks or buck a male deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, etc.: see DOE ☆ 2. the act of bucking 3. a) …   English World dictionary

• goat — O.E. gat she goat, from P.Gmc. *gaitaz (Cf. O.S. get, O.N. geit, Dan. gjed, M.Du. gheet, Du. geit, O.H.G. geiz, Ger. Geiß, Goth. gaits goat ), from PIE *ghaidos young goat, also p …   Etymology dictionary

• Buck — may refer to any of the following: *Bucking by a horse, when the animal raises his hind end and kicks out with both hind legs. *The male of various species of animal, including: **some species of deer mdash; see also blackbuck, Buckskin (leather) …   Wikipedia

• Buck — (b[u^]k), n. [OE. buk, bucke, AS. bucca, bua, he goat; akin to D. bok, OHG. pocch, G. bock, Ir. boc, W. bwch, Corn. byk; cf. Zend b[=u]za, Skr. bukka. [root]256. Cf. {Butcher}, n.] 1. The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Buck — m English (U.S.): from the English nickname Buck, denoting a robust and spirited young man, from the vocabulary word for a male deer (Old English bucc) or a he goat (Old English bucca) …   First names dictionary

• goat — [n1] hollow horned mammal billy, buck, kid; concepts 394,400 …   New thesaurus

• Goat — Billy goat redirects here. For the Lance Corporal in the Royal Welsh, see William Windsor (goat). For the urban legend, see Curse of the Billy Goat. This article is about the domesticated species. For other species, see Capra (genus). For other… …   Wikipedia

• buck — {{11}}buck (n.1) male deer, c.1300, earlier male goat; from O.E. bucca male goat, from P.Gmc. *bukkon (Cf. M.Du. boc, O.H.G. boc, O.N. bokkr), perhaps from a PIE root *bhugo (Cf. Avestan buza buck, goat, Arm. buc …   Etymology dictionary

• goat — n. 1) to keep (BE), raise (esp. AE) goats 2) a mountain goat 3) goats baa, bleat 4) a herd of goats 5) a young goat is a kid 6) a female goat is a doe or nanny goat 7) a male goat is a buck or billy goat 8) (misc.) to get smb. s goat ( to… …   Combinatory dictionary