cowboys
SayKOW-boyz/ˈkaʊˌbɔɪz/
- 1Plural of cowboy. Use this form when talking about more than one cowboy.
The cowboys rounded up the cattle before sunset.
Two cowboys rode side by side along the dusty trail.
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- 2Third-person singular simple present of cowboy. Use this form with he, she, or it.
He cowboys on a cattle ranch every summer.
She cowboys for a living out in Wyoming.
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- 3In poker, a pair of kings you are dealt at the start of a Texas hold 'em hand.
Like being dealt the two second-best cards in the game right at the start.
He looked at his cards and saw cowboys staring back at him.
She bet big with her cowboys before any other cards were shown.
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cowboys is a form of cowboy
cowboy, noun: A worker who looks after cattle on open land in the American West. Full entry
- Forms
- cowboycowboys plural
- Spelling
- cowboy → cowboys: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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