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buck

/ˈbʌk/

US UK

noun

plural bucks

[count] informal

dollar

I owe you a buck.

Those toys are five bucks apiece.

money

That car costs big bucks. [=a lot of money]

I am just working hard, trying to make a buck. [=to make money]

a fast/quick buck [=money earned or gotten quickly]

a male animal (such as a male deer) - compare doe

He's an outdoorsman who enjoys buck hunting.

informal :man

a veteran tennis star competing against an ambitious young buck

bang for the/your buck

xem bang

look/feel like a million bucks

xem million

pass the buck

to avoid a responsibility by giving it to someone else

Stop trying to pass the buck and take responsibility for what you've done.

The federal government passed the buck to the state governments.

the buck stops here

Expressions like the buck stops here are used to say that you accept a responsibility and will not try to give it to someone else.

I'm willing to accept the blame for what happened. The buck stops with me.

verb

bucks; bucked; bucking

[no obj] of a horse :to jump violently into the air with the back bent upward

a bucking horse/bronco - sometimes used figuratively

The plane bucked when we went through some dark clouds.

[+ obj] :to oppose or resist (something or someone)

He is reluctant to buck [=go against, defy] the leaders of his own political party.

The local decline in crime bucked a nationwide trend. [=crime declined locally but is increasing nationally]

He was always trying to buck the system. [=to oppose the rules of the system; to do things that were not allowed]

buck for

[phrasal verb]

buck for (something) US informal :to try very hard or work very hard to get (something)

He is bucking for a promotion at work.

buck up

[phrasal verb] informal

to become happier or more confident

Buck up, buddy. You'll feel better soon.

buck (someone) up or buck up (someone) :to cause (someone) to be happier or more confident :to cheer up (someone)

The shows were meant to buck up the soldiers.

trying to buck up [=improve] the morale of the troops

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