Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A blustering or bossy person.
  • noun Irish A young man; a lad.

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  • noun Buckaroo.
  • noun young lad; friend, pal (used in addressing someone)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Alteration of buck.]

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Examples

  • Sorry, bucko, that is an anti religious liberal lie.

    "Even if you never met him, you know this guy." Ann Althouse 2008

  • It was the doctrine of his officers that he could not be ruled by anything short of violence, and the man to tame and hammer him was the "bucko" second mate, the test of whose fitness was that he could whip his weight in wild cats.

    The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors Ralph Delahaye Paine 1898

  • Williams was a six-footer, a graduate "bucko" now in charge of this big skysail-yarder, and he had resented Murphy's appearance on board with whisky and kind words for his men before he was through with them.

    The Grain Ship Morgan Robertson 1888

  • During the ten years in which he had been in command, he was relieved of much of the executive work that had made him famous when he stood watch, but was always ready to justify his reputation as a "bucko" should friction with the crew occur past the power of his officers to cope with.

    "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Morgan Robertson 1888

  • I think I have covered all the obscure 'Happy Days' references, "bucko".

    Latest Articles 2008

  • I think I have covered all the obscure 'Happy Days' references, "bucko".

    Latest Articles 2008

  • Perhaps not in the fifties and sixties, but … for the past thirty years that is exactly what the Republican Party has embraced, bucko.

    Think Progress » Catholic nuns break with bishops and urge passage of health care reform. 2010

  • As far as the writing goes, none of the Navi characters have enough substance to be anything but exotic Others, so yeah, getting the audience to relate to the corporate-soldier-world is mission accomplished, bucko.

    intertribal: in the deed the glory indeed intertribal 2010

  • As far as the writing goes, none of the Navi characters have enough substance to be anything but exotic Others, so yeah, getting the audience to relate to the corporate-soldier-world is mission accomplished, bucko.

    in the deed the glory indeed intertribal 2010

  • Have you ever read about the good old days – they were called “The Gilded Age,” bucko, when the rich and those “titans of industry” were literally kings – you know, when tiny children worked for pennies in their factories, there was no such thing as sick time, vacation time, or even the federal income tax …?

    Think Progress » GOP Is Overjoyed At The Unprecedented Influence Corporations Will Now Have In Federal Campaigns 2010

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