Synonyms for buck
bʌk

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1. vaulting horse, long horse, buck(noun)

   a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting

   Synonyms:
   clam, dollar bill, long horse, vaulting horse, sawbuck, sawhorse, one dollar bill, dollar, horse

2. dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam(noun)

   a piece of paper money worth one dollar

   Synonyms:
   clam, dollar bill, long horse, vaulting horse, dollar sign, sawbuck, sawhorse, dollar mark, one dollar bill, dollar, horse

3. Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck(noun)

   United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)

   Synonyms:
   clam, dollar bill, long horse, vaulting horse, sawbuck, sawhorse, one dollar bill, dollar, horse

4. sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, buck(noun)

   a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

   Synonyms:
   dollar, dollar bill, cavalry, vaulting horse, knight, sawbuck, gymnastic horse, clam, one dollar bill, sawhorse, horse, horse cavalry, long horse

5. buck(verb)

   mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)

   Synonyms:
   clam, dollar bill, long horse, vaulting horse, sawbuck, sawhorse, one dollar bill, dollar, horse

6. buck(verb)

   to strive with determination

   "John is bucking for a promotion"

   Synonyms:
   jerk, hitch, tear, shoot down, charge, go against, shoot

7. buck, go against(verb)

   resist

   "buck the trend"

   Synonyms:
   violate, go against, jerk, shoot down, tear, offend, charge, infract, break, hitch, shoot, transgress, breach

8. tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck(verb)

   move quickly and violently

   "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, land, jerk, shoot, flash, scoot, bear down, scud, sprout, hit, consign, excite, commove, commit, blame, film, snap, down, appoint, take, point, pullulate, agitate, load, bill, deplumate, bourgeon, defeat, rouse, saddle, pull, fool away, fritter, kill, lodge, dissipate, dart, frivol away, file, bust, burgeon forth, accuse, level, institutionalize, turn on, pluck, fritter away, charge, inject, vote down, deplume, germinate, shoot down, institutionalise, fool, burden, photograph, charge up, blast, dash, send, go against, spud, rupture, pip, vote out, displume, tear

9. buck, jerk, hitch(verb)

   jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched

   "the yung filly bucked"

   Synonyms:
   thumb, twitch, shoot, go against, flick, hitch, yank, catch, shoot down, limp, hobble, tear, charge, gimp, jerk, hitchhike

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1. buck(n.)

   Synonyms:
   male (of the deer, sheep, goat, rabbit, and hare)

2. buck(n.)

   Synonyms:
   blade, spark, gallant; gay, dashing fellow

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1. buck(n)

   Synonyms:
   ram, beau, fop, blade, dandy

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1. List of paraphrases:

   buckbeak, buc, dollar, pak, ball, money, deer

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British

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Australian

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Indian

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How to use buck in a sentence?

1. Sara Canaday:

   A boss who’s taking that dream vacation may be thinking it’s something that others should aspire to, but where the buck stops is that you don’t want to flaunt it. People don’t need to know the details.

2. Seymour Amster:

   The cause of [Moore’s] death was not the result of anything Mr. Buck did.

3. Nicole Kidman:

   I said, ‘Please, give me the chance. I beg you. Because the writing was so strong. Buck Henry — I mean, come on. Talk about great writing.

4. Andrew Cuomo:

   Is there any funding so I can do these things that you want us to do? No. That is passing the buck without passing the bucks.

5. Gerald Ford:

   I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference. I do believe, with all my heart and mind and spirit, that I, not as President but as a humble servant of God, will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy.

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