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.

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

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

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.

I can ride anything but a buckjumper, and boss the shepherds, and I do love the life, no stifling in fields and copses! 

From Modern Broods by Yonge, Charlotte Mary