Buck

Buck

Buck may refer to any of the following:

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Bucking by a horse, when the animal raises his hind end and kicks out with both hind legs.
The male of various species of animal, including:
- some species of deer — see also blackbuck, Buckskin (leather)
  - Buck Fever is the name given to the feeling a novice hunter gets. This meaning is also used as the title of Estradasphere's second album.
- rabbits
- squirrels
- goats
A slang term for:
- A type of shoe
- African antelope
- a human male
- a sexually adventurous boy
- a dollar or similar national currencies (particularly in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa and United States)
- 1 million dollars in Wall Street traders parlance
- a repetition of an old joke, story, or fact, especially by email
- a chicken (bucker), from the sound a chicken makes
- a slight punch in the arm
- an aboriginal male
- A marker or button that indicates the dealer in the card game Poker
- 'Pass the Buck' and 'The Buck Stops Here' also both refer to the Poker marker.
Buck (band)
Buck-Tick are a Japanese rock band
A buck converter is a type of electronics power supply
To 'buck the trend' is to be an exception to a rule
A popular term in America for an uncle. "Uncle Buck" after the Hollywood hit starring John Candy.
The Beatty Buck was a very large white-tailed deer shot with a compound bow
A kind of knife: Buck knife
Buck Wild. Getting Buck Wild means going nuts, having fun, leaving your fears behind, and/or getting really drunk

People

Carrie Buck, unsuccessful plaintiff in Buck v. Bell, which upheld compulsory sterilization
David Buck, British actor
Detlev Buck (born 1962), a German film director
Dudley Buck, U.S. composer (1839-1909)
Frank Buck, an animal collector
Frank Buck, a Tennessee politician
Gurdon Buck, American Surgeon, performed first clinical photograph, contributed to numerous fields of surgery
Jack Buck, St. Louis Cardinals, Hall of Fame broadcaster
John Buck (born 1980), an American baseball player
John E. Buck (born 1946), an American sculptor and printmaker
John R. Buck (1835-1917), a United States congressman
Joe Buck, an American sportscaster
Julie Buck (born 1974), an American artist and photographer
Pearl S. Buck, American novelist
Peter Buck, guitarist and co-founder of R.E.M.
Sir Peter Henry Buck, a prominent member of the Ngāti Mutunga Māori iwi
Sir Philip Antony Fyson Buck, a British Conservative politician
Robert N. "Rob" Buck, a North American guitarist and songwriter
Samantha Buck, an American actress
Travis Buck, an American baseball player
Young Buck, an American rapper

Buck, the main character in The Call of the Wild
Buck is the name of a main character in the Video Game 187 Ride or Die'
Buck Grangerford is the name of Huck Finn's friend
Buck is the name of the briard owned by the Bundys on Married... with Children.
Buck is also the name of a hospital worker in the film Kill Bill.
Buck Cannon is the brother of 'Big' John Cannon in The High Chaparral
Buck O'Brien is the name of a character in the film Chuck & Buck.
Buck Rogers is a science fiction hero from the 1930s and 1970s.
Buck (From Dusk Till Dawn) is a character from the film, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money.
Buck Cluck is the father of the film version of Chicken Little
Cameron "Buck" Williams is a character in the Left Behind series
Frank Buck, American big game hunter and general hero in colonial Malaysia, played by Bruce Boxleitner in TV action series Bring 'm Back Alive, loosely based on the above real character
General Buck Turgidson, a strategic bombing expert in the film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb played by George C. Scott
Joe Buck is the name of the character played by Jon Voight in the film Midnight Cowboy
Buck Russell is the title character portrayed by John Candy in the 1989 film Uncle Buck.