| a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, esp. unjustly or improperly. |
| buck-pass·ing (bŭk'pās'ĭng) n. Informal The shifting of responsibility or blame to another: "smothered in avalanches of recriminations and orgies of buck-passing" (Forbes). [buck4 (from a poker player's passing the marker, or buck, to the next player when not wanting to deal).] buck'-pass'er n. |