buckaroo

What does buckaroo mean?

buckaroo means "local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)".

How many syllables are in buckaroo?

buckaroo has 3 syllables and divides as buc-ka-roo under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for buckaroo?

Close synonyms include vaquero, buckeroo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is buckaroo a common word?

buckaroo is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for buckaroo come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.