buckaroo
A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not participate in rodeosA cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not participate in rodeos.
Значення
значень: 5(США, також, атрибутивне)A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not participate in rodeos.
(США, ширше)One who adopts a distinctive style of cowboy attire and heritage.
Many cowboy poets have a buckaroo look and feel about them.
(США, ширше)A style of cowboy boot with a high heel tapered at the back.
(США, Western, переносно)A headstrong, reckless person; a hothead.
Don’t run in looking for a fight like some kind of buckaroo.
(США, сленг)Synonym of buck (“a dollar”).
That’ll be twenty buckaroos, buddy.
- local names for a cowboy (‘vaquero’ is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and ‘buckaroo’ is used especially in California)
Походження
Modified from Spanish vaquero (“cowboy”), with the spelling influenced by buck (“(noun) maModified 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.
Probably a fanciful elaboration of buck, influenced by buckaroo (etymology 1).
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