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DictionarybroncoUntrained horse
noun

bronco

BRONG-koh/ˈbrɑːŋkəʊ/

An untrained or partly wild horse.

The unsaddled bronco bucks energetically inside the rough wooden corral.

An unsaddled, unbridled horse bucks energetically in a rough wooden corral, with a sparse American West landscape beyond, making its untamed or partly trained state visible.
Etymology
broncoSpanishrough, rude

Spanish bronco, meaning “rough, rude,” apparently supplied the horse name. The description of roughness became a name for an untamed or half-tamed horse.

In context

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the bucking bronco event the horse has to be a partner the horse can't just trot out there the horse has to be you know bucking
Rodeo lessons: Getting a firsthand look at the cowboys of saddle bronc

More examples

  • The trainer approached the restless bronco slowly.
  • Several broncos stood in the dusty corral.
  • Months of patient handling calmed the young bronco.

Forms

bronco · broncos

Similar words

mustang
A free-roaming horse of the American West, bronco emphasizes lack of training.