Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What is the noun for bucks?

What's the noun for bucks? Here's the word you're looking for.

buck
  1. A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the ferret and shad.
  2. (US) An uncastrated sheep, a ram.
  3. A young buck; an adventurous, impetuous, dashing, or high-spirited young man.
  4. (Britain, obsolete) A fop or dandy.
  5. (derogatory) A black or Native American man.
  6. (US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, informal) A dollar (one hundred cents).
  7. (South Africa, informal) A rand (currency unit).
  8. (by extension, Australia, South Africa, US, informal) Money
  9. (US, slang) One hundred.
  10. (dated) An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
  11. (US, in certain metaphors or phrases) Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.
  12. (Britain, dialect) The body of a post mill, particularly in East Anglia. See Wikipedia:Windmill machinery.
  13. (finance, jargon) One million dollars.
  14. (informal) A euro
  15. A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck.
  16. A wood or metal frame used by automotive customizers and restorers to assist in the shaping of sheet metal bodywork. See Street Rodder "Making a Wood Buck".
  17. (African American Vernacular, dated, dance) Synonym of buck dance
  18. Synonyms:
  19. Examples:
    1. “A buck roaming a California neighborhood had his antlers tangled in Christmas lights, but Animal Services reported that he's probably more annoyed than in pain.”
      “The story is told of a drunken old man who mounted his horse with a flourish and proclaimed himself to be the greatest buck from Buck Creek.”
      “The vain young buck in the gilt coach is Kneller, the great painter, who thinks that on the last day, there will be a peculiar and special awakening trumpet blown to arouse him.”
bucking
buckaroo
  1. A cowboy, specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not do rodeos.
  2. One who sports a distinctive buckaroo style of cowboy clothing, boots, and heritage.
  3. A style of cowboy boot with a high and uniquely tapered heel.
  4. A reckless, headstrong person.
  5. (slang) A dollar (variation of buck).
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “Hardly anything can shatter the daydreams of the buckaroo or buckarette like an old stubborn school horse with sides like iron.”
      “In Washington Square last Sunday, we watched a young buckaroo, perhaps five, waving a cap pistol and holding off four of his contemporaries.”
      “I think the buckaroo and his bride have a better chance than the narrator and Monika.”
bucker
  1. A horse or other animal that bucks.
  2. (mining) One who bucks ore.
  3. (mining) A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
  4. Examples:
    1. “After the bucker would come the knotter and sniper who would cut out the knots from the wood, remove the bark and prepare the tree for the skids.”
      “He was bound to go that way sooner or later, but you're not going to ride a bucker, and you're not a gunfighter.”
      “One of the ponies was a bucker, and threw his rider over his head into a mesquite-bush.”
buckjumping
  1. (of a horse) The action of aggressively attempting to buck a rider.
  2. (Australia) A rodeo event in which the rider attempts to stay in the saddle of a bucking horse for a set period.
buck
  1. Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.
  2. The cloth or clothes soaked or washed.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “A buck roaming a California neighborhood had his antlers tangled in Christmas lights, but Animal Services reported that he's probably more annoyed than in pain.”
      “The story is told of a drunken old man who mounted his horse with a flourish and proclaimed himself to be the greatest buck from Buck Creek.”
      “The vain young buck in the gilt coach is Kneller, the great painter, who thinks that on the last day, there will be a peculiar and special awakening trumpet blown to arouse him.”
buckhorn
  1. A horn of a buck.
  2. The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The buckhorn rear sight blocked over half the ghost ring's field of view, which kind of defeats the purpose of a ghost ring.”
      “The front sight was a dovetail blade and the rear a handmade primitive buckhorn.”
      “The full buckhorn fixed rear sight on this rifle with fine notch provides as clean a sight picture as irons are capable of.”
bucko
  1. Buckaroo.
  2. Young lad; friend, pal (used in addressing someone).
  3. Examples:
    1. “If you like portable video games as much as most trend-setting nerds, PortaGame.com is the blog for you, bucko.”
      “You, my bucko, were knocked off the topsail rigging and into the half deck.”
      “That's for you to decide, bucko, but you might want to cut the man some slack.”
buckeroo
buckayro
  1. Obsolete form of buckaroo.
buck
  1. (Scotland) The beech tree.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A buck roaming a California neighborhood had his antlers tangled in Christmas lights, but Animal Services reported that he's probably more annoyed than in pain.”
      “The story is told of a drunken old man who mounted his horse with a flourish and proclaimed himself to be the greatest buck from Buck Creek.”
      “The vain young buck in the gilt coach is Kneller, the great painter, who thinks that on the last day, there will be a peculiar and special awakening trumpet blown to arouse him.”
bucks
  1. plural of buck
  2. (always plural) Casual oxford shoes made of buckskin, often white or a neutral colour.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “I've taken an even dozen whitetail and mule deer bucks at ranges from 20 meters to a full 80, all of which were one-shot kills.”
      “Everyone and his dog now knows that commercial radio is a licence to print money, and they all want quick bucks.”
      “Once you register, which costs thirty bucks, you can record broadcasts and webcasts of up to four hours.”
buckayros
  1. plural of buckayro
buckhorns
  1. plural of buckhorn
buckaroos
buckeroos
buckings
buckers
  1. plural of bucker
buckos
  1. plural of bucko
buckoes
  1. plural of bucko
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
5-letter Words Starting With
Find Nouns
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024