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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/#m1)

2) A male deer, rabbit or hare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/#m2)

3) (verb) Of a horse: to jump with its back arched and kick its back legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/#m3)

4) pass the buck: to make someone else responsible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/#m4)

5) buck up (informal): cheer up or hurry up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/#m5)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/#x1)
- Can you lend me ten bucks? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/#x2)
- A buck has antlers; a doe does not. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/#x3)
- The horse bucked and threw the rider. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/#x4)
- Buck up, it's not that bad! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/#x5)
- Don't pass the buck: it was your job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/#x6)
- He made a few bucks washing cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/#x7)
- A doe now, or even a young buck? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/412-in-game-purchases-and-skins/15/)
- [Game coins, gems and V-bucks are bought with real money, even though they look like play money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/412-in-game-purchases-and-skins/20/)
- [«Just enter your Fortnite login and the V-bucks drop in your account,» said the man.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/416-free-v-bucks-and-other-scams/2/)
- [A buck's worth of plastic for five bucks,» Dad laughed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/448-the-magicians-trick-explained/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «buck» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buck/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.