Buck

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Buck may refer to any of the following: Template:Wiktionary

• The male of various species of animal, including:
  • some species of deer — see also blackbuck
  • rabbits
  • squirrels
  • Tyrannosaurus rex (this use of the term buck for a male Tyrannosaurus rex was first used in the Jurassic Park series and is currently gaining popularity)
• A slang term for:
  • a man (usually a young, sexually adventurous one)
  • an African American man (not in common use)
  • a dollar (particularly in the Australia, Canada, New Zealand and United States, India)
  • 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
• A marker or button that indicates the dealer in the card game Poker
• Buck, the main character in The Call of the Wild
• Buck (band)
• A buck converter is a type of electronics power supply.

People

Real

• Buck Freeman
• Carrie Buck eugenics
• Buck Rogers is a science fiction hero from the 1930s and 1970s.
• Pearl S. Buck was an American novelist who won the 1938 Nobel Prize for Literature

Fictional

• Cameron "Buck" Williams is a character in the Left Behind series
• Buck is the name of the briard owned by the Bundy's on Married... with Children.

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