buckjumper

American  

[buhk-juhm-per] / ˈbʌkˌdʒʌm pər /

noun

1. a horse that bucks habitually, especially such a horse kept for use in rodeos.

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buckjumper British  

/ ˈbʌkˌdʒʌmpə /

noun

1. an untamed horse

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Etymology

Origin of buckjumper

First recorded in 1840–50; buckjump + -er ¹

Example Sentences

All the O'Haras are good on horseback'—at which he laughed immoderately and told her that when she had seen one, Zack Duppo, on a buckjumper, she would not be keen to try that game.

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Praed, Campbell, Mrs.

He can stick to the saddle, can Wollombi Jim, And when a buckjumper dispenses with him, The leather goes off with the rider.

From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry

Lion did not act like an ordinary buckjumper.

From The Sweep Winner by Gould, Nat

The end of it was that the buckjumper got home, not me.

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Praed, Campbell, Mrs.

I got pitched off a buckjumper at a horse-dealers', Bungroopim way.

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Praed, Campbell, Mrs.