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buck

 
 
/bʌk/ noun [C]

Translation

MONEY US informal a dollar (= US unit of money)
(argo) dolar
It cost me twenty bucks to get a new bike lock.14062281
ANIMAL a male rabbit or deer
erkek tavşan, geyik
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pass the buck to blame someone or to make them responsible for a problem that you should deal with yourself
sorumluluğu üzerinden atmak, başkasına yüklemek; başkasını suçlamak
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(Definition of buck noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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