Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bullwhacker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bull-whack-er
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The driver of a bullock team.

American usage

Example Sentences

"But I wasn't good medicine for myself after I left them, he admitted, remembering the dreary years of failure at farming and trading, as blacksmith and deck hand and bullwhacker."

Etymology

From bull + whacker.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

bullwhackers (plural)

Synonyms

bullocky carrier teamster

Questions

What does bullwhacker mean?: The driver of a bullock team.
Where does bullwhacker come from?: From bull + whacker.

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