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cowboy

(kaʊbɔɪ)
Word forms: plural cowboys
1. countable noun
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.
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cowboy in British English

(ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ)
noun
1.  Also called: cowhand
a hired man who herds and tends cattle, usually on horseback, esp in the western US
2. 
a conventional character of Wild West folklore, films, etc
3.  informal
a. 
a person who is an irresponsible or unscrupulous operator in business
b. 
(as modifier)
cowboy contractors
cowboy shop steward
4.  Australian
a man or boy who tends cattle

cowboy in American English

(ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ)
noun
1.  US
a ranch worker who rides horseback much of the time on his job of herding and tending cattle
2.  US
a performer in a rodeo or Wild West show
3.  US
a conventionalized character in novels, motion pictures, etc., typically an adventurous Westerner who rides horseback and carries pistols
4.  US, Informal
a man regarded variously as being bold, daring, independent, etc. or brash, reckless, out of control, etc.

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Examples of 'cowboy' in a sentence
cowboy

Alternatively, play cowboy on a luxury working ranch in Montana.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
YOU'VE heard the horror stories of cowboy builders and runaway costs?
The Sun (2013)
My dad liked cowboys and he used to take me to see westerns.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
There have been few previous cases of action being taken against cowboy builders.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He rode that tune like a rodeo cowboy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It also would have helped to reduce the number of cowboy builders who work for cash.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I'M glad the courts are to punish cowboy builders.
The Sun (2013)
But the most important part of their work is stamping out cowboy builders.
The Sun (2009)
It's surprising how fast you can run in cowboy boots.
The Sun (2015)
She was dressed like a cowboy, but for a pair of towering high heels.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Perhaps they herd them across the Mediterranean like cowboys with cattle.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He wants to live like a cowboy in a Western.
The Sun (2008)
The fact that there are cowboy builders doesn't mean we should not build houses.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But their business cultures are usually more formal, and we can seem like cowboys to them.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I did walk like a cowboy for a couple of days after that.
The Sun (2012)
To get into character, wannabe cowboys should saddle up and head out to explore the wilderness on horseback.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
When we watch them walking around like cowboys and wincing when they sit down, we actually find it funny.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I'd also like to play a cowboy at some point.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Q My daughter had a lavatory installed by a cowboy builder.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The global banking crisis does NOT give some nations the right to act like cowboys.
The Sun (2008)
To play this rugged cowboy, the X-Men star spent a year learning to ride horses.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They're worse than all those cowboy builders, but what can you do?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
That's why we'd rather not think about all the disasters festering below our floorboards and behind our walls inflicted by cowboy builders.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

In other languages
cowboy

British English: cowboy /ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/ NOUN
A cowboy is a male character in a western.
...cowboy movies.
  • American English: cowboy
  • Arabic: رَاعي البَقر
  • Brazilian Portuguese: boiadeiro
  • Chinese: 牛仔
  • Croatian: kauboj
  • Czech: kovboj
  • Danish: cowboy
  • Dutch: cowboy
  • European Spanish: vaquero
  • Finnish: karjapaimen
  • French: cow-boy
  • German: Cowboy
  • Greek: καουμπόης
  • Italian: cowboy
  • Japanese: カウボーイ
  • Korean: 카우보이
  • Norwegian: cowboy
  • Polish: kowboj
  • European Portuguese: vaqueiro
  • Romanian: cowboy
  • Russian: ковбой
  • Latin American Spanish: vaquero
  • Swedish: cowboy
  • Thai: คาวบอย
  • Turkish: kovboy
  • Ukrainian: ковбой
  • Vietnamese: cao bồi

All related terms of 'cowboy'

cowboy up
to adopt a tough approach or course of action
cowboy boot
a boot having a thick , angled heel of medium height and, usually, a pointed toe and ornamental stitching , tooling , etc.: traditionally worn by American cowboys
cowboy hat
a wide-brimmed hat as worn by cowboys
cowboy boots
calf-length leather boots as worn by cowboys
cowboy outfit
an outfit consisting of a cowboy hat , fringed waistcoat , trousers , scarf etc, worn either by children or adults
drugstore cowboy
a person that hangs around the streets as well as drugstores

Chinese translation of 'cowboy'

cowboy

(ˈkaubɔɪ)

n (c)

  1. (in US) 牛仔 (niúzǎi) (个(個), gè)
  2. (Brit, inf, = tradesman) 奸滑之辈(輩) (jiānhuá zhī bèi)
1 (noun) 
Definition
a conventional character of Wild West folklore or films
Ranchers have recently been finding it impossible to recruit people to work as cowboys.
Synonyms
cowhand
drover
herder
rancher
stockman
cattleman
or woman">herdsman or woman (British)
The herdsman came calling the cattle for milking.
gaucho
buckaroo (US)
ranchero (US)
cowpuncher (US, informal)
broncobuster (US)
wrangler (US)
2 (noun) 
Definition
an irresponsible or unscrupulous worker or businessman
Those builders we hired were nothing but a bunch of cowboys.
Synonyms
amateur
He is an amateur who dances because he feels like it.
fraud
rogue
He wasn't a rogue at all.
incompetent
bungler
Why is this lying bungler still in the fire service?
nonprofessional

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bungler
Why is this lying bungler still in the fire service?
Synonyms
incompetent,
blunderer,
muddler,
fumbler,
botcher,
duffer (informal),
butterfingers (informal),
lubber
in the sense of herdsman
Definition
a person who looks after a herd of animals
The herdsman came calling the cattle for milking.
Synonyms
stockman,
drover,
grazier,
cowman,
cowherd,
herder
in the sense of rogue
Definition
a dishonest or unprincipled person
He wasn't a rogue at all.
Synonyms
scoundrel (old-fashioned),
crook (informal),
villain,
fraudster,
sharper,
fraud (informal),
cheat,
devil,
deceiver,
charlatan,
conman or woman (informal),
con artist (informal),
swindler,
knave (archaic),
ne'er-do-well,
reprobate,
scumbag (slang),
blackguard,
mountebank,
grifter (slang, US, Canadian),
skelm (South Africa),
rorter (Australian, slang),
wrong 'un (slang)

Synonyms of 'cowboy'

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