Buck

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Buck may refer to:

Common meanings

  • A colloquialism for a United States, Canadian, or Australian dollar
  • An adult male animal in some species - see List of animal names
  • Derby shoes, nicknamed "bucks" in modern colloquial English, for the common use of buckskin in their making

Arts and entertainment

  • BUCK, a My Little Pony fan convention in Manchester, UK
  • Buck, someone who excels in the krump dance style
  • Buck (film), a 2011 documentary
  • Buck (magazine), a defunct UK publication (2008–2011)
  • Buck: A Memoir, a 2013 book by MK Asante

Companies

  • Buck (design company), a design-driven creative commercial production company
  • Buck (human resources consulting company), a human resources consulting company
  • Buck Knives, an American knife manufacturer

Fictional characters

  • Buck, a character in the film Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
  • Buck, the canine central character of the 1903 novel The Call of the Wild (with later adaptations in other media)
  • Buck, the family dog on the television series Married... with Children (1987–1997)
  • Buck, a horse in the film Home on the Range (2004)
  • Buck, a main character in the video game 187 Ride or Die (2005)
  • Buck, Tuck Turtle's cousin in the animated television series Wonder Pets (2006–2013)
  • Buck, a weasel in the animated film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
  • Buck, Arlo's triplet sibling in the animated film The Good Dinosaur (2015)
  • Buck Cannon, in the television series The High Chaparral (1967–1971)
  • Buck Cluck, Chicken Little's father in the animated film Chicken Little (2005)
  • Buck Grangerford, a character in the 1884 novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (with later adaptations in other media)
  • Buck Huckster, a character in the animated television series Beverly Hills Teens (1987)
  • Buck Laughlin, a character in the film Best in Show (2000)
  • Buck Mulligan, a character in James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses
  • Buck O'Brien, protagonist in the film Chuck & Buck (2000)
  • Buck Rogers, a science fiction hero introduced in a 1929 comic strip (with later adaptations in other media)
  • Buck Russell, the title character in the film Uncle Buck (1989)
  • Buck Tuddrussel, a character in the animated television series Time Squad (2001–2003)
  • Buck Turgidson, a general in the film Dr. Strangelove (1964)
  • Cameron "Buck" Williams, a reporter introduced in 1995 in the Left Behind multimedia franchise
  • Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck, a character introduced to the Halo franchise in the video game Halo 3: ODST (2009)
  • Joe Buck, title character in the 1965 novel Midnight Cowboy (with later adaptations in other media)
  • Sergeant Buck Frobisher, on the television series Due South (1994–1999)

People

  • Buck (nickname), people nicknamed Buck
  • Buck (surname), a list of people

First name

Stage and ring names

  • Buck 65, Canadian hip hop artist Richard Terfry
  • Buck Angel, American trans man, adult film producer and performer Jake Miller (born 1972)
  • Buck Dharma, American guitarist Donald Roeser (born 1947)
  • Buck Henry, American actor, writer, and director Henry Zuckerman (1930–2020)
  • Buck Jones, American film actor Charles Gebhart (1891–1942)
  • Buck Owens, American singer and guitarist Alvis Owens Jr. (1929–2006)
  • Young Buck, American rapper David Darnell Brown (born 1981)

Ring names

  • Bunkhouse Buck, American professional wrestler James Golden (born 1950)
  • Buck Quartermain and Buck Q, American professional wrestler Jason Seguine (born 1967)
  • Buck Zumhofe, an American professional wrestler Eugene Otto Zumhofe (born 1951)

Places in the United States

Other uses

  • Buck (cocktail), an alcoholic mixed drink
  • Buck (crater), on the planet Venus
  • Buck (software), software for building other software
  • Buck converter, a converter used to decrease (buck) DC voltage.
  • USS Buck, several United States Navy ships

See also

  • Bucking, a movement by a horse when the animal kicks out with both hind legs
  • Bucks (disambiguation)
  • Bucky (disambiguation)
  • Buk (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles containing Buck
Topics referred to by the same term
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