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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:
- 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, the main character in The Call of the Wild
- Buck (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
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[edit] Real
- Buck Angel is a female to male, pre-op transsexual porn star.
- Buck Henry American actor, writer and director
- Buck Owens American singer and guitarist
- Buck Rodgers Former Major League catcher and manager of the Montreal Expos.
- Carrie Buck eugenics
- David Buck British actor
- Detlev Buck (born 1962), a German film director
- Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (born 1947), an American guitarist
- Dudley Buck, U.S. composer (1839-1909)
- Frank Buck, an animal collector
- Frank Buck, a Tennessee politician
- Jack Buck, St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame broadcaster
- James Buchanan the fifteenth President of the United States was nicknamed Buck
- 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
- Julie Buck (born 1974), an American artist and photographer
- Lynn "Buck" Compton platoon leader of Easy Company (Band of Brothers)
- Pearl S. Buck, American novelist
- Peter Buck, guitarist and co-founder of R.E.M.
- Robert N. "Rob" Buck, was a north American guitarist and songwriter
- Young Buck, an American rapper
- Samantha Buck, an American actress.
[edit] Fictional
- 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 character in the film Kill Bill: Vol. 1
- Buck Cannon is the brother of 'Big' John Cannon in The High Chaparral
- 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
[edit] Places and geographical features
- Buck, East Drumore, Lancaster, PA, USA
- Buck Hill Farm Covered Bridge
- Buck Hill Cone
- Buck Hill Falls
- Buck, Luzerne, PA, USA
- Buck, Pentraeth, Isle of Anglesey, UK
- Buck, Uninc Summers County, WV, USA
- Buck, Uninc Carroll County, VA, USA
- Buck, Uninc Wilkes County, NC, USA
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