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1buck Listen to audio/ˈbʌk/ noun
plural bucks
[count] 1 informal a : dollar
I owe you a buck. Those toys are five bucks apiece.
b : money
That car costs big bucks. [=a lot of money] I am just working hard, trying to make a buck. [=to make money] a fast/quick buck [=money earned or gotten quickly]
2 : a male animal (such as a male deer) — compare doe
He's an outdoorsman who enjoys buck hunting.
3 informal : man
a veteran tennis star competing against an ambitious young buck
bang for the/your bucksee 2bang
look/feel like a million buckssee million
pass the buck
: to avoid a responsibility by giving it to someone else
Stop trying to pass the buck and take responsibility for what you've done. The federal government passed the buck to the state governments.
the buck stops here
Expressions like the buck stops here are used to say that you accept a responsibility and will not try to give it to someone else.
I'm willing to accept the blame for what happened. The buck stops with me.

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