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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
Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Piper Sandler on Tuesday raised its price target by a buck to $88 apiece and reiterated its buy-equivalent rating.
—Morgan Chittum,kevin Stankiewicz,jeff Marks, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
By contrast, some regions buck the trend.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
For scammers with a creative flair, AI presents a novel way to make a quick buck.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Piper Sandler on Tuesday raised its price target by a buck to $88 apiece and reiterated its buy-equivalent rating.
—Morgan Chittum,kevin Stankiewicz,jeff Marks, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Facing a massive funding gap, the Chicago Board of Education bucked the mayor last week on the 2025-26 budget in a stunning vote.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
By contrast, some regions buck the trend.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buck
Noun
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The dude found dead in the ranch with his throat slit.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Popular dude During off times in college, Nestor returns to Marist and runs middle-school camps for defensive backs.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That guy has joined the pantheon of producer-to-the-stars with artists including Dua Lipa, Duran Duran, Bruno Mars and Billie Eilish.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Crawford has been careful and wise to pick fights against guys who have something on the line and stand to lose just as much as him—if not more.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This agreement aims to bolster collaboration between the two nations' trillion-dollar tech sectors, enhancing opportunities for businesses and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.—
Jarrett Renshaw,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Economic response The trillions of dollars in revenue earned annually from the region’s oil and gas exports are strategically invested in global assets, which partially leverages the region’s soft power to secure influence in the world’s key decision-making centers.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Corporations love money more than anything, & this will really harm them and force them to do the right thing.—
Amanda Castro
Shane Croucher
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Biglari’s core demands were to stop opening new stores entirely, eliminate the development team to save money, and focus exclusively on improving existing store operations rather than expansion.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Until George Springer yanked a 450-foot fly to the left-field bleachers, the lineup was ostensibly silent.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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The same words apply to the title character at the film‘s center, the inscrutable and seemingly unscrupulous Hedda Gabler (a magnetic Tessa Thompson), here yanked firmly from the late 20th century setting of Henrik Ibsen’s iconic play into the ’50s, and not missing a single trick along the way.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Cook, who remains at the Federal Reserve, has sued the president to resist her dismissal.—
Chris Prentice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Other times, long rates resist or even rise, flattening the curve and blunting the Fed’s impact.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The associate handed each worker a stack of cash.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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Glasses of Ace of Spade Champagne were being passed out, and groups were being directed to floors based on the bracelets they were handed upon arrival — moon, sun, star and diamond.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Drescher played Fran Frine and Shaughnessy played her onscreen boss-turned-beau, Maxwell Sheffield.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Sep. 2025
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From the outside, Laura could be loving, protective, overbearing, even intrusive — while Cherry sows doubt for hiding pieces of her past despite ostensibly adoring her new beau.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Buck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buck. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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