Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cowboy
Participle: cowboyed
Gerund: cowboying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cowboy |
| you | cowboy |
| he;she;it | cowboys |
| we | cowboy |
| you | cowboy |
| they | cowboy |
Perfect
| I | have cowboyed |
| you | have cowboyed |
| he;she;it | has cowboyed |
| we | have cowboyed |
| you | have cowboyed |
| they | have cowboyed |
Past
| I | cowboyed |
| you | cowboyed |
| he;she;it | cowboyed |
| we | cowboyed |
| you | cowboyed |
| they | cowboyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cowboyed |
| you | had cowboyed |
| he;she;it | had cowboyed |
| we | had cowboyed |
| you | had cowboyed |
| they | had cowboyed |
Future
| I | will cowboy |
| you | will cowboy |
| he;she;it | will cowboy |
| we | will cowboy |
| you | will cowboy |
| they | will cowboy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cowboyed |
| you | will have cowboyed |
| he;she;it | will have cowboyed |
| we | will have cowboyed |
| you | will have cowboyed |
| they | will have cowboyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cowboy |
| you | cowboy |
| he;she;it | cowboy |
| we | cowboy |
| you | cowboy |
| they | cowboy |
Perfect
| I | have cowboyed |
| you | have cowboyed |
| he;she;it | have cowboyed |
| we | have cowboyed |
| you | have cowboyed |
| they | have cowboyed |
Imperfect
| I | cowboyed |
| you | cowboyed |
| he;she;it | cowboyed |
| we | cowboyed |
| you | cowboyed |
| they | cowboyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cowboyed |
| you | had cowboyed |
| he;she;it | had cowboyed |
| we | had cowboyed |
| you | had cowboyed |
| they | had cowboyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cowboy |
| you | would cowboy |
| he;she;it | would cowboy |
| we | would cowboy |
| you | would cowboy |
| they | would cowboy |
Perfect
| I | would have cowboyed |
| you | would have cowboyed |
| he;she;it | would have cowboyed |
| we | would have cowboyed |
| you | would have cowboyed |
| they | would have cowboyed |
Imperative
| you | cowboy |
| we | Let's cowboy |
| you | cowboy |
Verbs conjugated like 'cowboy'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cowboy'
carboy,
convoy,
booby,
bowwow,
boy,
cabob,
carbon,
cloy,
co-bed,
co-op,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. PIE word
2. *gʷṓws
3. From cow + boy. More on Wikipedia.
Sample Sentences
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Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad. [1994, Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history:]
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Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse. [1995, American Cowboy (volume 2, number 4, Nov-Dec 1995, page 26)]
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I still had never ridden or cowboyed, and I wanted to learn something about it. I'd been making the damn saddles for years but didn't know how to use them. [2003, C. J. Hadley, Trappings of the Great Basin Buckaroo:]