buck

CEFRC1

/ˈbʌk/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A male deer or other male animal.

  2. 02

    noun

    An informal word for a dollar.

Examples

  • They're some developers who aim to make a fast buck!

  • Can you spare a buck?

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An antelope of either sex; compare with Afrikaans bok.

  2. An uncastrated sheep, a ram.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To jump suddenly or fight against control.

More examples

In context

  • Corporations will do anything to make a buck.

  • Can I borrow five bucks?

  • three and a buck

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The old hunter whispered, 'be quiet,' as a large male deer, or blank, stepped into the clearing.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English bukke, bucke, buc, from Old English buc, bucc, bucca (“he-goat, stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *bukk, *bukkō, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, *bukkô (“buck”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“ram”). Doublet of puck (“billy goat”). Currency-related senses hail from American English, a clipping of buckskin as a unit of trade among Indians and Europeans in frontier days (attested from 1748). The idea of rigidly standing implements is instilled by Dutch bok (“sawhorse”) as in zaagbok (“sawbuck”). The sense of an object indicating someone’s turn then occurred in American English, possibly originating from the game poker, where a knife (typically with a hilt made from a stag h...