name
Meaning 1
A surname from German.
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bucker
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rhymes with -ʌkə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
A horse or other animal that bucks.
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noun
Meaning 3
A holder-up; one who bucks rivets, typically holding a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of a rivet which is heated if necessary till it is soft, while the riveter (or gunner or, before mechanisation, basher) uses a rivet gun (an adjustable pneumatic hammer) fitted with a rivet set, against the factory head to provide impulses which upset the bucktail into a field head.
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Topics: arts, crafts, engineering, hobbies, lifestyle, metallurgy, metalworking, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
One who bucks ore.
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Topics: business, mining
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noun
Meaning 5
A broad-headed hammer used in bucking ore.
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Topics: business, mining
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History
Etymology
Variant of Booker or borrowed from German Bücker.
From buck + -er.