buckie

1 of 3

noun (1)

buck·​ie

ˈbəkē

plural -s

chiefly Scottish

: a spiral-shelled marine gastropod or its shell

especially : red whelk

buckie

2 of 3

noun (2)

"

plural -s

Scottish

: a perverse intractable person

buckie

3 of 3

noun (3)

"

plural -s

New England

: alewife sense 1a

especially : an alewife smoked for food

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

perhaps modification of Latin buccinum, bucinum, a shellfish used in dyeing purple, from bucina, buccina trumpet, shell used as a trumpet

Noun (2)

perhaps modification of Latin buccinum

Noun (3)

origin unknown

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