cowboy

IPA: kˈaʊbɔɪ

A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
(informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
(Britain, informal) A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
(card games, slang) A playing card of king rank.
(uncountable) Short for cowboy pool. [A game derived from English billiards, with more of the characteristics of standard pocket billiards, and with players competing to reach a total of 101 points by performing various types of shot.]

Examples of "cowboy" in Sentences

To them the cowboy is and always will be the crowning pinnacle of American manhood and rugged individualism.
You call it 'cowboy' if you like, but I am here writing this and the other guy isn't because I did what I just wrote about.
Texas's success in leading California—and every state in the union—in job growth stems from what I call "cowboy capitalism."
I don't even consider him my president, or the voice of the american people because this cowboy is all to concerned with his on saddle!
Long before the term cowboy was coined in the 1700s, free and enslaved Africans and their descendents were herding cattle on Florida's prairies.
She baked what she called cowboy cookies and brought them wrapped in plastic to give away at our favorite bar, she kept bags of socks and gloves from the dollar store in the back seat of her car to give away on the street.
And what they're doing, they're protesting anything from the Canadian troops that are in Afghanistan, to some who say that this conference is all about what they call cowboy capitalism, coming in and merging, trying to take over the sovereignty of Canada and Mexico.
Things were going well for him until his friend volunteered they had a friend in the CIA who had told them wear armbands that looked a little bit like the Japanese flag, white with a red zero in the middle and to use the code word cowboy that that would guarantee them safe passage, free passage down this major highway.