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Synonyms for buck

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Tom — A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the…

tom, rabbit, stag, billy goat, billy, goat, hart, he-goat, buck-goat, buckling, hob-ferret, hob

2. One-spot — A unit of a particular currency A dollar (one hundred cents)

bill, single, dead president, greenback, bone, paper, note, clam, cucumber, simoleon, one-spot slang, buckaroo slang US, smackeroo slang

4. Dandy — A fop or dandy

dandy, gallant, spark, popinjay, blade dated, dude dated, fop dated, beau dated, blood dated, exquisite rare, macaroni dated

Verb

1. Shoot down

shoot down, shoot, charge, charre UK, tear

2. Hitch

hitch, jerk

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad, skunk and kangaroo.

  2. n. 2

    A fop or dandy.

  3. v. 1

    To copulate, as bucks and does.

  4. v. 2

    To bend; buckle.

Forms

Plural
bucks → toms, rabbits, stags, billies…
Past participle
bucked
e.g. bucked → shot, charged, teared, hitched…

Example sentences

  • stag The female stag beetle lays eggs into rotten wood.
  • buckling Smoked herring is called buckling.
  • greenback The greenback lost ground against the yen.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
buckrising
stagsteady
bucklingfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
tom1, ton1, ram1, hob1, fop1, tup
4 letters
bill1, note1, dude1, bone1, tear1, cock1, goat1, hart1, jerk1, pony2, beau1, mule1, stag1, clam1
5 letters
paper2, blood1, horse1, shoot1, billy2, blade1, spark1, hitch1, dandy2
6 letters
single2, charge1, dollar2, button2, rabbit2, oppose2, buckle2, charre
7 letters
gallant2
8 letters
cucumber3, macaroni4, buckling2, buckaroo, popinjay, simoleon
9 letters
exquisite3, greenback2, smackeroo

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pony2 = 2 syllables).