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bucko

noun
/ˈbʌkəʊ/UK/ˈbʌkoʊ/US

Etymology

From buck (“male antelope, deer, etc.; adventurous or high-spirited young man”) + -o (colloquializing suffix).

  1. derived from *būkaz✻
  2. derived from *būk✻
  3. derived from būk
  4. derived from bûk — “belly”
  5. inherited from buk
  6. formed as bucko — “buck + -o”

Definitions

  1. A boastful or bullying man.

  2. Used as a term of address

    Used as a term of address: young lad, friend, pal.

    • He did an imitation of a pirate: "Arr, Arr, Arr, me buckos."

  3. A surname from Czech.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA