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The information conveyed by the olfactory signals on a buck rub make it the social equivalent of some auditory signals in other deer species, such as trumpeting by bull elk.

One day, the two princes were stalking a beautiful buck.

Because both sexes of white-tailed respond to buck rubs by smelling and licking them, rubs may serve a very important additional function.

Fresher buck rubs (less than two days old), in particular, are visited more frequently by adult females than older rubs.

In view of this behavior it has been suggested that chemicals present in fresh buck rubs may help physiologically induce and synchronize fertility in females that visit these rubs.

This would be an obvious advantage to wide-ranging deer, especially to a socially dominant buck when courting several adult females during the autumn rut.

He could always hustle a buck or two from some sucker.

I got it at a flea market for 20 bucks.

This means big bucks for someone.

I think it's very important for those governments to do whatever they can to get a bigger ban98g for the buck.

David says the responsibility is Mr Smith's and it's no good trying to pass the buck.

There is a buck antelope here.

The stallion bucked as he fought against the reins holding him tightly in.

While other newspapers are losing circulation, we are bucking the trend.

The company believes it is bucking the recession and says orders continue to be satisfactory.