"bucky" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-bucky.ogg [Australia] Forms: buckies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌki Etymology: From buckshot Head templates: {{en-noun}} bucky (plural buckies)
  1. (British, slang) A gun. Tags: British, slang
    Sense id: en-bucky-en-noun-dcklm7iz Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-bucky.ogg [Australia] Forms: buckies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌki Etymology: Clipping of Potter-Bucky diaphragm Head templates: {{en-noun}} bucky (plural buckies)
  1. (medicine, informal) Alternative form of Bucky (“a Potter-Bucky diaphragm”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, informal Alternative form of: Bucky (extra: a Potter-Bucky diaphragm) Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms: buckyball, bucky bit, buckybowl, buckypaper, buckyroll, buckytube, bucky onion
    Sense id: en-bucky-en-noun-NMJwYKX1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 84 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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