ˈbuck-jump
[f. buck n.1 + jump.]
A leap like that of a buck, esp. a jump from the ground made by an untamed or vicious horse, with the feet drawn together and the back arched, to unseat the rider. (Of American or Australian origin.) Hence ˈbuck-jump v. = buck v.3; also buck-jumper, buck-jumping vbl. n.
| 1848 H. W. Haygarth Bush Life in Australia vii. 78 An expert ‘buck-jumper’ usually begins when his rider is in some degree off his guard. 1848 Buck-jumping [see buck v.3]. 1861 Harper's Mag. June 8/1 The Captain..compels his animal to slide or make ‘buck jumps’ over the worst places. 1878 H. Smart Play or Pay i. (ed. 3) 18 Harlequin [a horse]..indulged in a couple of buck jumps. 1882 Detroit Free Press 2 Dec. 1/6 That pony is a mustang and buck-jumper. 1885 Forman (Dakota) Item 26 May 6/3 The majority of the horses there [in Australia] are vicious and given to the trick of buck-jumping. |