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pukki — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bracket noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
  • buck noun An adult male deer or similar animal.
  • check noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
  • goat noun A horned, bearded farm animal related to sheep, often kept for milk, meat, or wool.
  • lecher noun A man who pursues sex in an excessive, sleazy way.
  • trestle noun A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.

Senses

pukki is used for these senses in English:

  • billy goat (childish) A male goat.
  • bracket (nautical) A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.
  • buck A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, shad and kangaroo.
  • check (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
  • goat (slang) A lecherous man.
  • hound dog (slang) A promiscuous man.
  • lecher A lecherous person: someone given to excessive sexual activity or debauchery.
  • salty dog (US, slang, dated) A sexually promiscuous man; a male sexual partner.

bracket — full definition

  1. noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
  2. noun One of a pair of punctuation marks — such as ( ) or [ ] — used to enclose extra information or set apart a section of text or a mathematical expression.
  3. noun A category or range that something falls into, especially for income, age, or a tournament.
  4. verb To group things together as belonging to the same category.

buck — full definition

  1. noun An adult male deer or similar animal.
  2. noun Informal, especially American, word for a dollar.
  3. verb Of a horse, to jump with an arched back and kick out the hind legs, often to throw off a rider.
  4. verb To resist or oppose something strongly, especially a trend or authority.

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