cowboy
/ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.85 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
Countable; Informal; Uncountable
noun
A dishonest or incompetent independent tradesman.
New Zealand usage; British usage; Countable; Informal; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”"
- "Mr. Consadine had scarcely finished the sentence when he saw his cow-boy running up the street, shouting and crying aloud that the best cow in the inch field was lost and gone, and nobody knew what had become of her, or could give the least tidings of her."
- "Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad."
- "Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse."
- "I still had never ridden or cowboyed, and I wanted to learn something about it. I'd been making the damn saddles for years but didn't know how to use them."