cowboy

Definition

  • noun: a man who rides a horse and whose job is to take care of cows or horses especially in the western U.S.
  • noun: one who tends cattle or horses
  • verb: to work as a cowboy
  • sometimes used before another noun
  • synonyms: drover, cowherd

Examples

  • We've got a bunch of risk-taking 'cowboys' running this project.

  • He worked for several years as a 'cowboy' on a ranch in Texas.

  • a movie about 'cowboys' in the old West

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Let's split it then. That's for you and for me. - Richard, I'll call you. - Listen! It is the third time this week. I'm showing up at the same hotel with the same cowboy hat. Problem solved. - Go! Go! I'll wait for you. Go! - Lucy, honey, I...I've done this a thousand times. It's paperwork! It's probably just some ??? they switched so they can copy them. That's how it works in this country. Even my Stetson was made here. Look! It says so on the label: So long, cowboy, with a fake Stetson. Baby, please! Richard, I gotta go. - What the hell are you doing? - I'm sorry. (..)
    2014 Lucy