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Synonyms for buck for
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : buhk |
Phonetic Transcription : bʌk |
Top 10 synonyms for buck for Other synonyms for the word buck for
- approbate
- be in favor of
- be on one's side
- buck for
- commend
- cotton to
- countenance
- esteem
- eulogize
- fancy
- flash on
- for
- go for
- hold with
- honor
- incline
- lean toward
- look up to
- opt for
- patronize
- praise
- prize
- regard highly
- root for
- sanction
- single out
- support
- take a liking to
- take a shine to
- take to
- think well of
- tilt toward
- value
Définition of buck for
Origin :- "male deer," c.1300, earlier "male goat;" from Old English bucca "male goat," from Proto-Germanic *bukkon (cf. Old Saxon buck, Middle Dutch boc, Dutch bok, Old High German boc, German Bock, Old Norse bokkr), perhaps from a PIE root *bhugo (cf. Avestan buza "buck, goat," Armenian buc "lamb"), but some speculate that it is from a lost pre-Germanic language. Barnhart says Old English buc "male deer," listed in some sources, is a "ghost word or scribal error."
- Meaning "dollar" is 1856, American English, perhaps an abbreviation of buckskin, a unit of trade among Indians and Europeans in frontier days, attested in this sense from 1748. Pass the buck is first recorded in the literal sense 1865, American English:
- The 'buck' is any inanimate object, usually knife or pencil, which is thrown into a jack pot and temporarily taken by the winner of the pot. Whenever the deal reaches the holder of the 'buck', a new jack pot must be made. [J.W. Keller, "Draw Poker," 1887]
- Perhaps originally especially a buck-handled knife. The figurative sense of "shift responsibility" is first recorded 1912. Buck private is recorded by 1870s, of uncertain signification.
- As in favor : verb prefer, like
Antonyms for buck for
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