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bucky¹

  • /ˈbʌki/

Rhymes with -ʌki

Where it comes from

From buckshot.

noun buckies

  1. UK, slang A gun. Like for a gun, you could say a gat but that's quite an old term. Most young people now would say stralley, a tool or a bucky.

bucky²

  • /ˈbʌki/

Rhymes with -ʌki

Where it comes from

From Potter-Bucky diaphragm.

noun buckies

  1. alternative, informal Alternative form of Bucky (“a Potter-Bucky diaphragm”). There are two major types of bucky assemblies: reciprocating and recipromatic. The difference is that the reciprocating bucky moves at two different speeds during the exposure […]

Bucky³

proper noun

  1. A surname

noun Buckies

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis, informal Ellipsis of Potter-Bucky diaphragm The recipromatic Bucky differs from the manually cocked Bucky in that the grid travels in both directions across the table during the exposure.

Bucky⁴

proper noun

  1. A nickname for someone with the name Buck, or a given name derived from this.

Bucky⁵

proper noun

  1. alternative, slang Alternative form of Buckie (“Buckfast Tonic Wine”).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: diaphragm, buck, blicky, bullseye, bean, bullet, bobstick, jammy, shotty, biscuit, bine, piece, broomstick, binky, buckshot, bink

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"bucky." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bucky. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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bucky. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bucky

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"bucky." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bucky.

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@misc{bucky_2026,
  title = {bucky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bucky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}