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cowgirl

US/ˈkaʊˌɡɝl/

cowgirl noun: a woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

cowgirl: a woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West
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Noun

cowgirl (plural cowgirls)

  1. A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
    Synonyms:
    dudess, dudette
  2. A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
  3. (slang) A playing card of queen rank.
  4. A sex position where the receptive partner is on top; the cowgirl position.
  5. The receptive partner in the cowgirl position.

Verb

cowgirl (third-person singular simple present cowgirls, present participle cowgirling, simple past and past participle cowgirled)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.
    • She also cowgirled and hired out to do ranch and timber work.1998, Linda M. Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier, Nancy Curtis, Leaning Into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West
    • Only 250 miles down the road a reclusive beauty named Joann Brebner was living the bucolic life, cowgirling, helping out at her family's remote ranch-based resort.2007, American Cowboy (volume 13, number 5, Jan-Feb 2007, page 56)
  2. (rare, transitive) To mount someone and have sexual intercourse in the cowgirl position.
    • Once recovered I cowgirled him to a torturously slow climax, having him begging for release as I took him to the edge […]2016, Angela Goodnight, My Life, My Loves: True, Explicit Autobiography

Synonyms of cowgirl

Forms of cowgirl

Noun
pluralcowgirls
Verb
third-person singular presentcowgirls
present participlecowgirling
past participlecowgirled
pastcowgirled

Plural of cowgirl: cowgirls

Origin of cowgirl

From cow + girl.

Words formed from cowgirl

Phrases with cowgirl

Questions about cowgirl

What does cowgirl mean?
Cowgirl means a woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
What part of speech is cowgirl?
Cowgirl can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce cowgirl?
Cowgirl is pronounced /ˈkaʊˌɡɝl/ (US).
What is the plural of cowgirl?
The plural of cowgirl is cowgirls.

Words near cowgirl in the dictionary

  1. cowgals
  2. Cowger
  3. Cowgers
  4. Cowgill
  5. Cowgill's law
  6. cowgirl
  7. cowgirl boot
  8. cowgirl boots
  9. cowgirl hat
  10. cowgirl hats
  11. cowgirl position

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