cowboy
(kaʊbɔɪ )
Word forms: cowboys
1. countable noun B2
A cowboy is a male character in a western.
Boys used to play at cowboys and Indians.
...cowboy films.
2. countable noun
A cowboy is a man employed to look after cattle in North America, especially in former times.
3. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
You can refer to someone who runs a business as a cowboy if they run it dishonestly or are not experienced, skilful, or careful in their work. [British, disapproval]
We don't want to look like a bunch of cowboys.
Fortunately, such cowboy firms are becoming rarer.
Image of cowboy
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Collocations:
cowboy movie rodeo cowboy
If this had been a cowboy movie, the piano player in the corner of the bar would have burst back into life at this point.
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It was like a scene from a cowboy movie when the bad guy gets run out of town.
The Sun
It's one step (or possibly steppe) up from a desert and looks like the setting for a cowboy movie.
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But the scenery will delight anyone for whom part of the pleasure of watching cowboy movies comes from the backdrops.
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Other trends include a resurgence in cowboy movies.
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He rode that tune like a rodeo cowboy.
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He had also worked as a rodeo cowboy.
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He's a rodeo cowboy; she's a high-achieving student.
Times, Sunday Times
He was a rancher and a rodeo cowboy.
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The hired hands on the ranch were rodeo cowboys.
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Translations:
Chinese: 牛仔
Japanese: カウボーイ
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