Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun of a horse The action of aggressively attempting to
buck a rider. - noun Australia A
rodeo event in which the rider attempts to stay in thesaddle of abucking horse for a set period.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word buckjumping.
Examples
-
I won medals at buckjumping in Australia, and I held more than several swimming records from the quarter of a mile up.
THE PRINCESS 2010
-
The faculty of buckjumping is, I believe, almost confined to Australian horses, and seems to be bred in them -- perhaps the original rough breaking was responsible for the vice; but whatever be the cause it was then a fact that eight out of every ten horses could and did buckjump, and with many of them the vice was incurable.
Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 Robert B. Booth
-
They forgot the long road to Bobruisk, the rocking journey to Libau, the mad buckjumping boat in whose timbers the sea devils of the Baltic had bored holes.
-
I won medals at buckjumping in Australia, and I held more than several swimming records from the quarter of a mile up.
The Princess 1918
-
They forgot the long road to Bobruisk, the rocking journey to Libau, the mad buckjumping boat in whose timbers the sea devils of the Baltic had bored holes.
The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
-
Ferdinand in the making of the most romantic of royal courtships; spun through Cabezon: and then, as we entered Valladolid, began bumping and buckjumping over such chasms and ruts as had not yet insulted our wheels in Spain.
The Car of Destiny Armand [Illustrator] Both 1901
-
I won medals at buckjumping in Australia, and I held more than several swimming records from the quarter of a mile up.
The Red One Jack London 1896
-
And Thomson’s teammates gathering at home plate and Thomson circling the bases in gamesome leaps, buckjumping—he is forever Bobby now, a romping boy lost to time, and his breath comes so fast he doesn’t know if he can handle all the air that’s pouring in.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
-
And Thomson’s teammates gathering at home plate and Thomson circling the bases in gamesome leaps, buckjumping—he is forever Bobby now, a romping boy lost to time, and his breath comes so fast he doesn’t know if he can handle all the air that’s pouring in.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
-
And Thomson’s teammates gathering at home plate and Thomson circling the bases in gamesome leaps, buckjumping—he is forever Bobby now, a romping boy lost to time, and his breath comes so fast he doesn’t know if he can handle all the air that’s pouring in.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.