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bucko

UK/ˈbʌkəʊ/US/ˈbʌkoʊ/

bucko noun: a boastful or bullying man.

Noun

bucko (plural buckos or buckoes)

  1. (also, attributive, informal) A boastful or bullying man.
    • A far cry from the miserable existance^([sic – meaning existence]) of the common sailor brought about by bucko mates and bible preaching captains on the large ocean-going vessels, life aboard a doghole wasn't for everyone and losing your ship on the rocks or being rolled like a cork on a big wave...1983, Billy C. Lewis, “Doghole Schooners of the Redwood Coast”, in The Compass, page 24
    • And the poor spailpin fanach running like the devil, his clothes tearing on briars and brambles, and his feet soaking and dirty water running out of his boots, and the three big buckos giving him every dirty look if he fustered or faltered, looks that'd sour milk or peel paint from walls.1997, Dan Yashinsky, Ghostwise: A Book of Midnight Stories, →ISBN, page 82
  2. (informal) Used as a term of address: young lad, friend, pal.
    • He did an imitation of a pirate: "Arr, Arr, Arr, me buckos."2007, Howard [A.] Norman, Devotion, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 90

Proper noun capitalized: Bucko

Bucko (plural Buckos)

  1. A surname from Czech.

Forms of bucko

Noun
pluralbuckos
pluralbuckoes
Proper noun
pluralBuckos

Origin of bucko

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

Words that rhyme with bucko

Questions about bucko

What does bucko mean?
Bucko means a boastful or bullying man.
What part of speech is bucko?
Bucko can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bucko?
Bucko is pronounced /ˈbʌkəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of bucko?
The plural of bucko is buckos.

Words near bucko in the dictionary

  1. Buckner
  2. Bucknill
  3. Bucknills
  4. Bucknor
  5. Bucknors
  6. bucko
  7. buckoes
  8. buckos
  9. buckra
  10. Buckrabanyule
  11. buckraker

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