Bucks
abbreviation
Buckinghamshire
bucks 1 of 2
noun
as in money
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment hoping to win some major bucks at the slot machines Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- money
- cash
- coin
- currency
- dollar
- funds
- dough
- shekels
- gold
- chips
- moolah
- moola
- lucre
- green
- change
- loot
- pelf
- wampum
- needful
- coinage
- tender
- scratch
- legal tender
- cabbage
- lolly
- bread
- kale
- long green
- sheqels
- resources
- dime
- jack
- sheqalim
- shekalim
- wallet
- shekelim
- greenback
- bill
- megabucks
- pittance
- money order
- specie
- scrip
- bankroll
- fortune
- paper money
- finances
- peanuts
- promissory note
- mint
- capital
- means
- banknote
- wad
- roll
- bundle
- big bucks
- pot
- dead presidents
- shoestring
- draft
- check
- pile
- riches
- folding money
- treasure
- boodle
- dibs
- mite
- abundance
- wealth
- pocket money
- note
- spending money
- chump change
- pin money
- bomb
- petty cash
- earth
- packet
- opulence
- wherewithal
- mad money
- king's ransom
- cashier's check
bucks
2 of 2verb
1
as in yanks
to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion the car bucked and stalled Synonyms & Similar Words
- yanks
- jerks
- grabs
- pulls
- twitches
- shakes
- lurches
- jolts
- tugs
- hitches
- bumps
- hoicks
- jigs
- snatches
- rips
- tears
- drags
- lugs
- jounces
- plucks
- jogs
- wrenches
- tweaks
- jiggles
- staggers
- joggles
- pitches
- wrests
- wrings
- snaps (up)
2
as in resists
to refuse to give in to bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years Synonyms & Similar Words
- resists
- opposes
- fights
- withstands
- contests
- repels
- checks
- stems
- battles
- balks
- combats
- foils
- defies
- counters
- challenges
- disputes
- baffles
- thwarts
- hinders
- contradicts
- contends (with)
- frustrates
- obstructs
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- gives in (to)
- submits (to)
- surrenders (to)
- succumbs (to)
- yields (to)
- bows (to)
- stoops (to)
- capitulates (to)
- knuckles under (to)
3
as in hands
to shift possession of (something) from one person to another buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom Synonyms & Similar Words
- hands
- passes
- transfers
- reaches
- gives
- hands over
- fingers
- carries
- paws
- relays
- yields
- handles
- bears
- releases
- delivers
- turns over
- renders
- gives up
- relinquishes
- surrenders
- cedes
Phrases Containing bucks
- naphthylamines
- naphthylaminesulfonic acid
- naphthylene
- naphthylic
- naphthyls
- naphthylthiourea
- naphtols
- Napier
- napier grass
- Napier's analogies
- Napier's bones
- Napier's circular parts
- Napier's rule
- napieres
- Napierian
- Napierian logarithm
- napiers
- napiform
- napkin
- napkin pattern
- napkin ring
- napkins
- Naples
- Naples biscuit
- Naples yellow