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 believe that an inveterate buckjumper can be cured by slinging up one of the four legs, and lunging him about severely in heavy ground on the three legs.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

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

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.

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

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