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buck

/bʌk/
Visual illustration of buck: An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes. - Image 1
buck: An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes. - Thumbnail 1
buck: An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes. - Thumbnail 2
noun

An object of various types, placed on a table to indicate turn or status; such as a brass object, placed in rotation on a US Navy wardroom dining table to indicate which officer is to be served first, or an item passed around a poker table indicating the dealer or placed in the pot to remind the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.

Visual illustration of buck: (in certain metaphors or phrases) Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing. - Image 1
buck: (in certain metaphors or phrases) Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing. - Thumbnail 1
buck: (in certain metaphors or phrases) Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing. - Thumbnail 2
noun

(in certain metaphors or phrases) Blame; responsibility; scapegoating; finger-pointing.