big bucks
big bucks noun: lots of money.
Noun
big bucks pl (plural only)
- Lots of money.
- The new managing director must be making big bucks after his promotion.
- Ohio always was home, where his family and friends were, and such is the man’s allegiance to Ohio State that he once donated the equivalent of a full scholarship back to the school—and this was before he was making the big, big bucks.1992 October, Steve Buckley, “Boss Hog: Jim Lachey is the best offensive lineman in football playing on the best team in football”, in Sport, volume 83, number 10, →ISSN, page 64
- Synonyms:
- megabucks
Examples of big bucks in a sentence
- But he was unable to get a gun permit and make the big bucks of an armed security guard, so he made minimum wage as a seasonal-hire watchman1999, Dale Brown, The Tin Man, page 96:
- After all the carping about how little teachers are paid, if someone enters the teaching profession for the big bucks aren't they too stupid to be teaching our kids?2006, Ann Coulter, Godless:
Synonyms of big bucks
Questions about big bucks
- What does big bucks mean?
- Big bucks means lots of money.
- How do you use big bucks in a sentence?
- But he was unable to get a gun permit and make the big bucks of an armed security guard, so he made minimum wage as a seasonal-hire watchman
- What part of speech is big bucks?
- Big bucks is a noun.
Words near big bucks in the dictionary
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