Buick

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/ˈbjuːɪk/

proper noun

A surname.

“They've owned several Buicks over the years. Their newest one is a crossover model.”

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun
  1. An American car brand belonging to GM.

    Buick is offering a bigger color palette this year, courtesy of the chemical wizardry of DuPont.

nounBuick (plural Buicks)

plural Buicks

  1. A car of this make.

    They've owned several Buicks over the years. Their newest one is a crossover model.

    1 more example

    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.

    2004 May 2, Tere Figueras, Luisa Yanez, “Cubans’ Buick pulled over at sea”, in The Miami Herald

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

Buick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buick

MLA

“Buick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Buick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buick.

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