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bucky en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbʌki/

Etymology

From buckshot.

Meanings

  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. 2011 October 21, Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, Bloomsbury Publishing:

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bucky en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈbʌki/

Etymology

From Potter-Bucky diaphragm.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, informal) Alternative form of Bucky (“a Potter-Bucky diaphragm”).
    alt of Bucky
    • 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 […] 2003, Stephen S. Hiss, Understanding Radiography, 4th edition, page 274:

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