bucks
Slang for money
Bucks is the plural of buck in its main senses: male deer, dollars, and the act of resisting.
A hunter might bag several bucks in a season.
That'll cost you fifty bucks.
A horse that bucks repeatedly is said to be bucking, but the animal bucks when it does it once.
To pass the buck is to shift responsibility; The buck stops here means someone accepts it. (Capitalized Bucks may refer to the Milwaukee basketball team.)
US monetary units
- cashReady spending funds
- currencyMedium of exchange
- greenbacksUS paper currency
- fundsAvailable financial resources
bills · sawbucks · spending · cost · price · afford · expensive · cheap
Authority defier
- defyResist or challenge openly
- resistOppose or refuse compliance
- opposeAct against something
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
challenge · push-back · authority · trend · system · convention · expectations · norm
dollars
US monetary units
- cashReady spending funds
- currencyMedium of exchange
- greenbacksUS paper currency
bills · funds · sawbucks · spending · cost · price · afford · expensive · cheap · earn
antlers
Branching cervid headgear
herd · venison · hunting · rut · rutting · hoof · grazing · game · wildlife · forest
rebel
Authority defier
fight · challenge · push-back · authority · trend · system · convention · expectations · norm
bronco
Unbroken saddle horse
rider · bull · corral · chute · seconds · throw · wild · tame · breaking · spurs
NBA
Top-tier American court league
- MilwaukeeWisconsin's biggest metropolis
- hoopsCircular bands or rims
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
Giannis · playoffs · championship · jersey · arena · franchise · conference · Middleton · title · fans
bucksconforms
Matches expected standards
submits · complies · yields · obeys · surrenders
- bucket listPre-death wish inventory
- big bucksLarge sums of money
- drop in the bucketInsignificant portion of total
- kicked the bucketDied, colloquially
- kick the bucketSlang for dying
- pass the buckTransfer responsibility elsewhere
bucket, buck, bucked, buckshot, buckwheat, buckaroo, bucking, bucktooth, buckskin