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/ˌbʌkəˈɹuː/ · noun
(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.
Many cowboy poets have a buckaroo look and feel about them.
Don’t run in looking for a fight like some kind of buckaroo.
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
Use buckaroo when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Buckaroo means (also attributive) A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not participate in rodeos..
Common synonyms include buckaroonie, smackeroo, buck, vaquero.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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