Buk

• BUK

From Russian Бук (Buk, “codename for a missile system”), from бук (buk, “beech tree”).

Buk (plural Buks)

1. (military) A type of self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system from the Soviet Union.
   • 1992, “New Priorities Set for Ground Forces Air Defense”‚ in Central Eurasia Joint Publications Research Service Report (Military Affairs n 40), Foreign Broadcast Information Service, p 17:

     But systems like our S-300 V, Buk-M1, Tor, and Osa actually destroyed all the targets with a single missile.

   • 2008, Aviation News v 70, Saint Leonards-on-Sea, UK: HPC Publishing, p 5:

     A photo shows that the UAVs employed by Georgia are Hermes 450s and they have reportedly been downed by Buk SAMs.

   • 2014, “Buk missile launcher, suspected in jetliner attack, requires skill to use”, CBSNews.com, July 18,

     Pentagon officials say the missile likely came from an SA-11 or SA-17 launch vehicle -- otherwise known as a "Buk." Both Russia and Ukraine have Buks, as do most other former Soviet Union states and China.

• SA-11, SA-11 Gadfly
• SA-17, SA-17 Grizzly

• KUB

• IPA^(key): [buːk]

Buk n (genitive Buke, dative Buke)

1. (in some dialects) alternative spelling of Buuk : stomach
2. (in some dialects) alternative spelling of Buuk : belly, abdomen

From buk (“beech”).

• IPA^(key): /buk/

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Buk m pers or f

1. A masculine surname​.
2. A feminine surname​.

Masculine surname:

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

From Old Frisian *buk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz. More at buck.

IPA^(key): /bʊk/

Buk m

1. buck (male animal)

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