Buckeye
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- noun
- /ˈbʌkaɪ/
- US
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Buckeye
- As a proud Ohioan, I often tell people that being a Buckeye means embracing the spirit of our great state.
- Ohio Buckeye
Examples
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Dan LaBotz ran for Congress as a "buckeye socialist" in 2010 in Ohio's first district, so his work should be taken with a grain of salt.
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Pictor, the conker/buckeye-headed boy.
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As my father used to declaim, "Do you know what a buckeye is?"
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A guy who confuses the buckeye state with the hoosier state?
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A buckeye is...
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Agreed, buckeye... to the victors, the spoils...
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Some Buckeyes from the Buckeye State, chocolate peanut butter balls from Ohio.
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Well, it says on the license plate Ohio Buckeye State slash basement captives state.
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Look, I'm all for the promotion of Buckeyes, but I can't be for the Icy squeeze.
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During the annual festival, many Buckeyes gather to celebrate Ohio's rich culture and traditions.
Synonyms
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A person born in or living in the state of Ohio
Compounds
A spreading shrub from the southeastern United States with spikes of bright pink or white flowers like a bottlebrush
A small spreading shrub from the southeastern United States with bright pink flower clusters
- Specialized
A tree with scaly grey bark that loses its leaves and makes round brown nuts
A tall tree from the central United States often planted for its yellow flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Buckeye comes from the nut of a tree that looks like a deer's eye — the parts buck and eye mean 'male deer' and 'eye'. Because these trees were common in Ohio, people from Ohio became called Buckeyes, so the word now means 'a person from Ohio'.