Definizione monolingua

cowboy

cowboy (third-person singular simple present cowboys, present participle cowboying, simple past and past participle cowboyed)

1. (intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
   • 1994, Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history

     Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into ""four slabs and a tie"" and sold ties to the railroad.

   • 1995, American Cowboy (volume 2, number 4, Nov-Dec 1995, page 26)

     Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse.

   • 2003, C. J. Hadley, Trappings of the Great Basin Buckaroo

     I still had never ridden or cowboyed, and I wanted to learn something about it. Id been making the damn saddles for years but didnt know how to use them.

cowboy (plural cowboys)

1. A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
2. A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
3. (informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
4. (UK, informal) A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
5. (card games slang) A playing card of king rank.

Definizione dizionario cowboy

	cowboy
	A man who herds and tends cattle on a ranch, esp. in the western U.S., and who traditionally goes about most of his work on horseback.

buttero

cow-boy

di cowboy

Altri significati:

(slang) A king (the playing card).

A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

(intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.

(UK, informal) A dishonest and incompetent independent tradesman.

person who tends cattle

A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.