- [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.
- [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 Originnoun sense 1 mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin. noun senses 2 to 4 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 5 from buck, an object which in a poker game is placed in front of the player whose turn it is to deal.
Idioms
See buck in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybang 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.
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