Buick

English

Etymology

The surname is a variant of Bewick; the brand is named after Scottish-American inventor David Dunbar Buick (1854–1929).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjuːɪk/

Proper noun

Buick

  1. A surname.
  3. An American car brand belonging to GM.
    Coordinate terms: Chevrolet, Chevy, Saturn, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Olds, Cadillac
    Buick is offering a bigger color palette this year, courtesy of the chemical wizardry of DuPont.

Noun

Buick (plural Buicks)

  1. A car of this make.
    Hypernyms: car, auto, automobile < vehicle
    Coordinate terms: Chevrolet, Chevy, Saturn, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Olds, Cadillac, Caddy
    They've owned several Buicks over the years. Their newest one is a crossover model.
    • 2004 February 5, Tere Figueras, Luisa Yanez, “Cubans’ Buick pulled over at sea”, in The Miami Herald:
      Eleven Cubans in a vintage Buick — three of them the original “truckonauts” who tried a similar intrepid journey last year aboard a battered Chevy pickup — were intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard early Wednesday and now face a return trip to the communist island.

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