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4 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

Synonyms of buck

bread [slang], cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, coin, currency, dough, gold, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], legal tender, lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, lucre, money, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, pelf, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels), tender, wampum

Words Related to buck

coinage, specie

dead presidents [slang], folding money, paper money, scrip

banknote, cashier's check, check, draft, money order, note, promissory note

bill, dollar, greenback

bankroll, capital, finances, funds, roll [slang], wad, wallet

chump change, dibs [slang], dime, mite, peanuts, pittance, shoestring

big bucks, bomb [British], boodle, bundle, earth, fortune, king's ransom, megabucks, mint, packet [chiefly British], pile, pot

abundance, means, opulence, riches, treasure, wealth

resources, wherewithal

mad money, petty cash, pin money, pocket money, spending money

buck

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of buck

1 to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion

the car bucked and stalled

Synonyms of buck

hitch, hoick, jerk, jolt, twitch, yank

Words Related to buck

bump, jounce, lurch, pitch, stagger

jig, jiggle, jog, joggle, shake

drag, lug, pull, tug

pluck, tweak

grab, rip, snap (up), snatch, tear, wrench, wrest, wring

2 to refuse to give in to

bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years

Synonyms of buck

defy, fight, oppose, repel, resist, withstand

Words Related to buck

battle, combat, contend (with)

challenge, contest, contradict, dispute

baffle, balk, foil, frustrate, thwart

check, counter, hinder, obstruct, stem

Antonyms of buck

bow (to), capitulate (to), give in (to), knuckle under (to), stoop (to), submit (to), succumb (to), surrender (to), yield (to)

3 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

Synonyms of buck

hand, hand over, pass, reach, transfer

Words Related to buck

relay

bear, carry

finger, handle, paw

cede, deliver, give, give up, release, relinquish, render, surrender, turn over, yield

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