bucko
pronunciation
How to pronounce bucko in British English:
UK ['bʌkəʊ]
How to pronounce bucko in American English:
US ['bʌkoʊ]
Word Origin
- bucko (n.)
- term of address, originally (1883) nautical and with a sense of "swaggering, domineering fellow." Probably from buck (n.1) in the slang sense of "a blood or choice spirit."There are in London divers lodges or societies of Bucks, formed in imitation of the Free Masons: one was held at the Rose, in Monkwell-street, about the year 1705. The president is styled the Grand Buck. ["Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1811]
Example
- 1. You got that , bucko ?
- 2. I know every cop in town , bucko !
- 3. And before making any comments about her weight , you might want to take a long hard look at yourself in the mirror too , bucko .