buckaroo

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
19
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌbʌkəˈɹuː/
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/ˌbʌkəˈɹuː/ · /ˌbʌkəˈɹu/

Definition of buckaroo

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, also, attributive)A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not participate in rodeos.
    “No thanks, cowboy. If I was to let every rodeo hand I pulled a bull off of buy me liquor, I'd have been an alcoholic long ago. Pullin' bulls off of you buckaroos is just my job. So save your money for your next entry fee, cowboy.”
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noun

  1. (US, also, attributive)A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not participate in rodeos.
    “No thanks, cowboy. If I was to let every rodeo hand I pulled a bull off of buy me liquor, I'd have been an alcoholic long ago. Pullin' bulls off of you buckaroos is just my job. So save your money for your next entry fee, cowboy.”
  2. (US, broadly)One who adopts a distinctive style of cowboy attire and heritage.
    “Many cowboy poets have a buckaroo look and feel about them.”
  3. (US, broadly)A style of cowboy boot with a high heel tapered at the back.
  4. (US, Western, figuratively)A headstrong, reckless person; a hothead.
    “Don’t run in looking for a fight like some kind of buckaroo.”
  5. (US, slang)Synonym of buck (“a dollar”).
    “That’ll be twenty buckaroos, buddy.”
    “I've got five buckeroos on this one, Sarge. Is there such a thing as an enlisted man in the Navy wearing an Army uniform? I say no!”
    ““Thirty-five buckeroos per weekly?” I ask. “Well, that is thirty more than I used to get when I was a young man”

name

  1. A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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Etymology

Modified from Spanish vaquero (“cowboy”), with the spelling influenced by buck (“(noun) male antelope, deer, etc.; adventurous or high-spirited young man; (verb) of a horse, etc.: to leap upward arching…

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Modified from Spanish vaquero (“cowboy”), with the spelling influenced by buck (“(noun) male antelope, deer, etc.; adventurous or high-spirited young man; (verb) of a horse, etc.: to leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward”). Doublet of vaquero. cognates * Early Medieval Latin vaccārius (“cowherd”) * French vacher * Late Latin baccalārius (“landless serf; cowherd (?)”) (Merovingian)

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