buck

noun

/bʌk/

Idioms

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[countable] (informal) a US, Australian or New Zealand dollar; a South African rand; an Indian rupee
- They cost ten bucks.
- We're talking big bucks (= a lot of money) here.
Topics Moneyc1
[countable] a male deer, hare or rabbit (also called a buck rabbit) compare doe, hart, stagTopics Animalsc2
[countable]
(plural buck)
(South African English) a deer, whether male or female
- a herd of buck
[countable] (old use, informal) a young man
the buck
[singular] used in some expressions to refer to the responsibility or blame for something
- It was my decision. The buck stops here (= nobody else can be blamed).
- I was tempted to pass the buck (= make somebody else responsible).
Word OriginFrom buck, an object which in a poker game is placed in front of the player whose turn it is to deal.

Word Originnoun senses 2 to 3 Old English, partly from buc ‘male deer’ (of Germanic origin, related to Dutch bok and German Bock); reinforced by bucca ‘male goat’, of the same ultimate origin. noun sense 1 mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

Idioms

bang for your buck

(especially North American English, informal) if you get more, better, etc. bang for your buck, you get better value for the money you spend or the effort you put in to something

look/feel like a million dollars/bucks

(informal) to look/feel extremely good
- Wow, you look like a million dollars.

make a fast/quick buck

(informal, often disapproving) to earn money quickly and easily
- This is a long-term project. We are not out to make a quick buck.

buck

verb

/bʌk/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they buck	/bʌk/ /bʌk/
he / she / it bucks	/bʌks/ /bʌks/
past simple bucked	/bʌkt/ /bʌkt/
past participle bucked	/bʌkt/ /bʌkt/
-ing form bucking	/ˈbʌkɪŋ/ /ˈbʌkɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

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[intransitive] (of a horse) to jump with the two back feet or all four feet off the ground
- The horse bucked wildly.
[intransitive] to move up and down suddenly or in a way that lacks control
- The boat bucked and heaved beneath them.
- The shotgun bucked in his hands.
[transitive] buck something (informal) to resist or oppose something
- One or two companies have managed to buck the trend of the recession.
- He admired her willingness to buck the system (= oppose authority or rules).
- The President is unlikely to buck pressure from the public.

Word Originverb Old English, partly from buc ‘male deer’ (of Germanic origin, related to Dutch bok and German Bock); reinforced by bucca ‘male goat’, of the same ultimate origin.

Idioms

buck your ideas up

(British English, informal) to start behaving in a more acceptable way, so that work gets done better, etc.