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

An experienced buckjumper will decide as the saddle is being put on him to get rid of it as soon as possible without any apparent reason for such reprehensible conduct.

From Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 by Booth, Robert B.

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.

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.

Lion did not act like an ordinary buckjumper.

From The Sweep Winner by Gould, Nat

The bulk of them were hard to saddle, still harder to mount, but it takes more than a savage, untamed buckjumper to conquer a man from the West.

From The Sweep Winner by Gould, Nat