Buckeye

Ohio State athlete

A Buckeye is a person from Ohio, the Buckeye State, named for the buckeye trees common there.

The term appears most often in sports contexts, especially for Ohio State University athletics: The Buckeyes dominated the first half.

He's a lifelong Buckeye. (Lowercase buckeye is the tree or its nut.)

football

Ohio State

Major Columbus public university

  • OSUState university abbreviation
  • Big TenMajor collegiate athletic conference
  • touchdownSix-point gridiron play

tailgate · rivalry · Michigan · NCAA · championship · stadium · Brutus · Columbus · fan · gridiron

Ohio

Ohioan

Native of a Midwest state

Midwest · native · mascot · pride · heartland

chicken

hen

Female fowl

heritage · layer · broody · comb · feather · barnyard · livestock

candy

chocolate

Sweet from cacao seeds

dessert · homemade · holiday · sweet · treat · recipe · dipped · ball · fudge · Christmas

tree

horse chestnut

Large-seeded ornamental tree

  • nutHard-shelled seed
  • seedEmbryonic plant capsule
  • conkerHard seed on string

leaf · bark · shade tree · ornamental · sapling · lumber · hardwood · canopy · native · woodland

Categories
Opposites
college football rivalry

BuckeyeWolverine

Mutant with indestructible claws

Michigander · Fighting Irish · Hawkeye · Hoosier · Californian

Phrases
Family

bucked

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G