Meaning

2 senses

  1. (also, attributive, informal)A boastful or bullying man.

  2. (informal)Used as a term of address: young lad, friend, pal.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. All of my sales are cash up front, bucko.

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  2. Hold on, bucko. Let me see what you got there.

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Origin

From buck (“male antelope, deer, etc.; adventurous or high-spirited young man”) + -o (coll

From buck (“male antelope, deer, etc.; adventurous or high-spirited young man”) + -o (colloquializing suffix).

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Forms

plural: buckos / buckoes
Singularbucko
Pluralbuckos / buckoes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bucklebucklerbuckwheatbucolicbudB2
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