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Bucky

//ˈbʌki// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname
  2. 2
    A nickname for someone with the name Buck, or a given name derived from this.
  3. 3
    Alternative form of Buckie (“Buckfast Tonic Wine”). alt-of, alternative, slang
Noun
  1. 1
    A gun. British, slang

    "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."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Bucky (“a Potter-Bucky diaphragm”). alt-of, alternative, informal

    "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 […]"

  3. 3
    Ellipsis of Potter-Bucky diaphragm. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal

    "The recipromatic Bucky differs from the manually cocked Bucky in that the grid travels in both directions across the table during the exposure."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From buckshot.

Etymology 2

From Potter-Bucky diaphragm.

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