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

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.

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.

We were treated the morning after our arrival to a lesson with the gloves, subsequently often repeated, and following this we had turns each in trying to ride a very clever buckjumper, a late purchase.

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

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

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.