Cowpoke Slang

Cowpoke Slang

We've rustled up a long list of cowpoke slang,
so if yer a hankerin' ta talk like a cowboy, you shore have
come ta the right place!

A

A Might - alot

Abode - dwelling; home

Ace-High - a winning poker hand or first class

Aimin' - intending

Ain't - aren't; isn't

All To Pieces - totally; completely

Amuck - a mess

B

Bad Egg - bad person

Back-Biter - traitor; someone who breaks your trust.

Badlands - barren land

Balled Up - confused

Barkin' At A Knot - wasting time

Bamboozle - to cheat or confuse

Bandana - hankerchief

Bandit - outlaw

Bee In Yer Bonnet - an idea

Bender - out on a drunk

Berserk - crazy

Best Bib And Tucker - Best Clothes

Biggest Toad In The Puddle - most important person in a group

Blast - angry outburst; profanity

Bosh - nonsense

Buckaroo - cowboy from the desert

Buck Up - cheer up; chin up

Bug Juice - Liquor

Bushwhack - cowardly attack or ambush

Buzzard Food - dead

C

Cantankerous - cranky; rowdy

'Cause - because

Chuck - Food

Chuck Wagon - wagon carrying food

Codger - old man

Coon - Racoon; another name for someone who acts crazy

Cow Lick - lock of hair that has fallen out of place

Critter - small animal; someone who is a nuisance

Crotchety - nasty; mean

D

Dad Blame It - darn it

Dog Gone - acceptible profanity

Dander - temper; anger

Desperado - outlaw

Dilly Dally - taking your time

Doc - Doctor

Dogie - stray calf

Double Eagle - twenty dollar gold piece

Downright - deeply; inwardly

Draw - go for your gun

Duds - clothes

E

F

Feller - fellow

Fetch - get; retrieve; bring

Filly - young female horse

Fixin' - planning; intending; planning

Flap Jack - pancake

G

Gall - guts

Galoot - a crude fellow

Git - get

Golly - reaction to a surprise

Goner - dead

Grit - sand; courage

Grub - food

H

Howdy - hello

Hanker - want; desire

Hankering - wanting; intending

Hard-Tack - bisquit; cracker

Hen-Pecking - pestering; bothering

Hitch - hook up; marry

I

Injun - Indian

J

Jaw Jack - chatter

Jest - Just

K

L

Lands Sake - good grief

Lanky - tall and slim

Lingo - type of talk

Loco - crazy

M

Moonshine - corn liquor

Mosey - wander; walk slowly

Mule - part horse, part donkey; person who is stubborn

N

Nag - to bother; pester

Neck Of The Woods - home

Notion - idea

Nugget - lump of gold

O

Oblige - agree; accept

Obliged - thankful; grateful

Ol' Dawg - crude cowboy

Outhouse - outside toilet

P

Pard, Pardner, Partner - friend

Persnickity - picky; stuck up

Pokey - jail

Posse - Sheriff's men

Purty / Purdy - pretty

Q

Quack - bad doctor

Quirt - a crop

R

Reckon - recall; believe

Rehash - to talk about something again

Rig - wagon

Rig Up - to saddle up

S

Sarsaparilla - a non-alcoholic drink sold at a saloon; root beer

Scrounge - gather together; make do

Scuttlin' - going; moving along

Set A Spell - sit down for a while

Shindig - a party

Shucks - darn

Shore - sure

Skeedaddle - be on your way

Skin Flint - stuck up; snobbish

Stompin' Ground - your home; familiar territory

T

Tack - gear for horses

Tally - count

Tuckered - tired

U

V

Vittles - food

W

Wild Rag - handkerchief

Whittle - carve; wear down

X

Y

Y'all - You all

Yahoo - word of triumph

Yammer - talk

Yeehaw - noise to keep the cattle moving

Yellow Belly - coward

Yonder - over there in the distance

Z