Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An untrained or partially trained horse or pony of western North America.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. On the northwestern plains of the United States, an unbroken or imperfectly broken horse, usually a mustang or Indian pony.
Wiktionary
- n. A horse of western North America that is wild or not fully broken.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Same as broncho.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
Etymologies
- From Spanish bronco ("rough"). (Wiktionary)
- American Spanish, from Spanish, wild, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruncus, knot in a tree, perhaps from Latin broccus, projecting (influenced by truncus, stump). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“{quoted text} guess what so called bronco fan. what makes them professional anything? the fact that somebody gave them a job. to put this all off on shanahan and his gang of thugs is to put blinders on and make believe the world is a ...”
“The charreada evolved from informal contests the vaqueros or cowboys held to show off their ranching skills, such as bronco riding and roping.”
“i cant believe a so-called bronco fan would bad mouth shanny, i never hear about steeler fans talk bad about knoll or 49er fans bad mouth walsh, you should turn in your jersy.”
“He had handled his Indian scouts and dealt with the "bronco" Indians, the renegades from the tribes, in circumstances of extreme peril; for he had seen the sullen, moody Apaches when they suddenly went crazy with wolfish blood-lust, and in their madness wished to kill whomever was nearest.”
“Because it is funny, like "Barking up a whole new can of worms" ...... broncos314 wrote: Yea, Daniel it certainly sounds like you and your "bronco" cronies (did I spell cronies right) want the broncos to succeed, sorry if my double digit IQ isn't processing all you negative BS as bronco support.”
“Yea, Daniel it certainly sounds like you and your "bronco" cronies (did I spell cronies right) want the broncos to succeed, sorry if my double digit IQ isn't processing all you negative BS as bronco support.”
“Although the two groups obtained about the same total IQ score, the California group found some culture-loaded words such as "bronco" and "thermos" easy, while the London group found them difficult.”
The Civic Platform - A Political Journal of Ideas and Analysis
“(vaqueros) held contests among themselves to show off ranching skills such as bronco riding and roping.”
“In this video, a horse-lover and yoga practitioner explores how to create a more meaningful bond with your bronco.”
The Huffington Post: Horse Yoga: Connect Your Mind With Your Equine (VIDEO)
“A steel ramrod from a musket is a wild whipping thing, and Phil is right -- it kicks like a bronco.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bronco’.
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Brand Theft Auto
A marque list for cars--models or companies who've used common words as their name.
explorer, navigator, frontier, mustang, quest, cougar, sidekick, legend, legacy, ranger, voyager, civic and 266 more...
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horses
everything horses
horse, bay, bloodhorse, bloodstock, bolter, broncho, bronco, brumby, bucker, buckjumper, cob, cocktail and 200 more...
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AGRI - horse breeding
driving, implement, Trot, speed, exhale, dope, obstacle, tail, plow, coloration, para, weaving and 678 more...
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Onk-tastic
Words containing the sound /ŏngk/.
Algonquin, Cronkite, Tonka, Tonkin, Wonka, Yonkers, bonk, bonkers, bronco, broncobuster, conk, conker and 53 more...
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Rodeo
rodeo, rodeo clown, barrel racing, bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, bucking horse, bucking bronco, bronco, bull, steer and 57 more...
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
niglets, aw, flakey, shiznit, thatch, sexy, bummers, hotty, eargasms, ratchetry, weird, fab and 457 more... -
American Gladiators
No, seriously.
malibu, lace, gemini, zap, nitro, sunny, blaze, bronco, gold, laser, jade, titan and 40 more...
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braggadocio
an addendum or Anhang to Prolagus's list 'The braggadocio recipe'
amoeba, angina, antenna, aria, arnica, audio, aurora, biro, bronco, bubo, cafe, calico and 88 more...
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Horse speak
General words about horse breeds, types, classifications and other related identifiers
equus ferus, pony, draft horse, caballo, horse, warmblood, mare, dam, stallion, stud, yearling, foal and 31 more...
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