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plural of buck
Synonyms of bucks
(Entry 1 of 2)
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 for bucks
- 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 or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim),
- tender,
- wampum
Words Related to bucks
- dead presidents
- [slang],
- folding money,
- paper money,
- scrip
- chump change,
- dibs
- [slang],
- dime,
- mite,
- peanuts,
- pittance,
- shoestring
bucks
verb
present tense third-person singular of buck
Synonyms & Antonyms of bucks (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion
- the car bucked and stalled
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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
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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
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“Bucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucks. Accessed 24 Jul. 2021.
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