buckshee
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Meaning · English
A minor wound that necessitates the evacuation of a soldier from the combat zone for medical treatment.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Clearly the preferred wound, it ranked in seriousness between a 'buckshee' or 'baksheesh', a slight wound that merely took a man out of the line for a short time, and a 'N.Z. smack', which meant being invalided back to New Zealand, usually disabled for life.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “buckshee” mean?
A minor wound that necessitates the evacuation of a soldier from the combat zone for medical treatment.
Is “buckshee” formal or informal?
buckshee is generally slang.