buck

«buck» in Mova's school dictionary: A dollar — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a buck, bucks); verb (buck, bucks, bucked, bucking)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, USA, Canada, Australia, NZ) A dollar. tree →

2) A male deer, rabbit or hare. tree →

3) (verb) Of a horse: to jump with its back arched and kick its back legs. tree →

4) pass the buck: to make someone else responsible. tree →

5) buck up (informal): cheer up or hurry up. tree →

sense in the lessons

In casual talk and real-speech maths problems: "it cost 5 bucks" means 5 dollars. In nature: a buck and a doe. Phrases: make a quick buck, pass the buck, buck the trend, buck up, the buck stops here.

examples

• The ice cream cost three bucks. tree →
• Can you lend me ten bucks? tree →
• A buck has antlers; a doe does not. tree →
• The horse bucked and threw the rider. tree →
• Buck up, it's not that bad! tree →
• Don't pass the buck: it was your job. tree →
• He made a few bucks washing cars. tree →
• A doe now, or even a young buck? tree →

note

Slang for money: buck = dollar (not cents). In maths "20 bucks" = 20 dollars. Female deer is a doe; in rabbits, buck and doe too. "Bucks" plural; "a buck" = one dollar.

In the corpora

• Prices are in coins, gems or V-bucks instead of pounds, so they feel like play money.
• Game coins, gems and V-bucks are bought with real money, even though they look like play money.
• «Just enter your Fortnite login and the V-bucks drop in your account,» said the man.
• A buck's worth of plastic for five bucks,» Dad laughed.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «buck» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.