Buck 424871 223036916 2008-07-02T08:19:40Z Bloodkith 6931703 /* See also */ added 2 links '''Buck''' may refer to any of the following: {{wiktionary}} *[[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 [[Buck Fever| Estradasphere's]] second album. **[[rabbit]]s **[[squirrel]]s **[[goat]]s *A slang term for: **A type of shoe **African [[Antelope| antelope]] **a [[man|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]] [[Trader (finance)|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 [[Indigenous peoples|aboriginal]] male **A [[Button (poker)|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 [[Japan]]ese [[rock band]] * A [[buck converter]] is a type of [[electronics]] [[smps|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== ===Real=== *[[Buck 65]], is a [[Canadian]] [[hip hop]] artist *[[Buck Angel]], 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 Baseball|Major League]] catcher and manager of the [[Montreal Expos]]. *[[James Buchanan|James "Buck" Buchanan]], the fifteenth [[President of the United States]] *[[Lynn Compton|Lynn "Buck" Compton]], platoon leader of [[E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)|Easy Company]] ([[Band of Brothers]]) *[[Donald Roeser|Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser]] (born 1947), an American guitarist *[[Chester Weimer|Chester "Buck" Weimer]], American inventor of [[Flatulence#Post-Release|charcoal-filtered undergarments]] *[[Carl Darling Buck]], American linguist (1866-1955) *[[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 (animal collector)|Frank Buck]], an animal collector *[[Frank Buck (politician)|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 (baseball player)|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 [[United States Congress|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.]] *[[Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter Buck)|Sir Peter Henry Buck]], a prominent member of the Ngāti Mutunga [[Māori]] [[iwi]] *[[Antony Buck|Sir Philip Antony Fyson Buck]], a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative]] politician *[[Robert Buck| 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 ===Fictional=== *[[Buck (dog)|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 [[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (novel)| 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)|Left Behind]] series *[[Frank Buck (fictional)|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]]. ==Places and geographical features== * Buck, [[East Drumore]], Lancaster, PA, USA * [[Buck Hill Farm Covered Bridge]] * [[Buck Hill Cone]], British Columbia, Canada * [[Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania]] * [[Buck Township, Hardin County, Ohio]] * Buck, Luzerne, PA, USA * Buck, [[Pentraeth]], [[Isle of Anglesey]], UK * Buck, Uninc [[Summers County, West Virginia]], USA * Buck, Uninc [[Carroll County, Virginia]], USA * Buck, Uninc [[Wilkes County, North Carolina]], USA * Buck Hill Ski Place, MN ==See also== *[[Bucks]] *[[buckshot]] *[[buck and ball]] {{disambig}} [[Category:Ambiguous place names]] [[de:Buck]] [[fr:Buck]] [[nl:Buck]] [[pl:Buck]] [[sv:Buck]]