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as in dude
a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance
a vain buck who spends an hour before the bathroom mirror every morning
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as in money
bucks plural
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
hoping to win some major bucks at the slot machines
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as in to resist
to refuse to give in to
bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years
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as in to hand
to shift possession of (something) from one person to another
buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom
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Recent Examples of buck
Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
For a tablet that’s under eighty bucks, the Amazon Fire HD 10 is really hard to beat.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
Robinhood also bucked the downtrend after regulators approved amendments that would replace a controversial but long-held minimum equity rule for active day traders.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
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Noun
But my dad said there was a giant of a buck around.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
For a tablet that’s under eighty bucks, the Amazon Fire HD 10 is really hard to beat.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
The source said there is only a small handful of senators in each party who are willing to buck their leadership’s hard-line negotiating position.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
Robinhood also bucked the downtrend after regulators approved amendments that would replace a controversial but long-held minimum equity rule for active day traders.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buck
Noun
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But in his extended scene with Leto’s Ares, the two cool dudes groove on each other’s mystique, leaving Flynn tickled to witness his prediction of an AI-human interface coming to pass.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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The hardest dude on the street was blown away by De La Soul because their expression gave us multiple colors through music.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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The interim coach that season is the same guy who will try to devise a plan to slow the Panthers’ rushing attack Sunday — Jets defensive coordinator Steve Wilks.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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And there was the Michigan accent and the fact that the guy doesn’t shut up.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
15 Oct. 2025
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In November, Jackson terminated Gatlin for swindling millions of dollars from the Foundation as executives privately reeled over her betrayal of the hospital system’s fundraising arm, which raises tens of millions to benefit Jackson’s patients.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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Autry believes that the billions of dollars being spent by companies like SpaceX and the federal government to support space exploration, return to the Moon and potentially get to Mars is money well spent.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
11 Oct. 2025
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In the end, Krantz added, adopting a more strategic approach ultimately benefits customers, allowing companies to use their time and money more effectively by learning from the successes of others.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Raiders have had three regimes pay really good money for three consecutive veteran quarterbacks who have been abominable.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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They are accused of yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet from the wall, and crawling through a hole to flee.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
8 Oct. 2025
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Imanaga allowed a second blast, a solo shot to catcher William Contreras, and was yanked from the game following the third inning.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island have long resisted the ongoing settler colonial project that is now the United States.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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Ever since the company’s founder was pushed out and fled Russia in 2014 for resisting Kremlin demands and the company was handed over to Putin allies, VK has been more than pliant in cooperating with the state.—
Justin Sherman,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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With Trocheck serving as an alternate captain under Miller, who joined the Rangers in a January trade with the Canucks, the 32-year-old centers have been handed the leadership reins for a team that is coming off a calamitous 2024-25 season.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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In traditional animation, a director crafts a story at storyboard phase trying to craft their story then hands it over to animation artists.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Ever since the pop megastar appeared at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023 to root on her new beau, tight end Travis Kelce, NFL viewership among young women has skyrocketed.—
Jennifer Halper,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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Tran, who was previously linked romantically to Chris Brown and Robert Kardashian, walked hand-in-hand with her beau as nurses wheeled him to the operating room.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Buck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buck. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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