Dictionary

cowgirl en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈkaʊˌɡɝl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From cow + girl.

Meanings

1. A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
2. A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
3. (slang) A playing card of queen rank.
4. A sex position where the receptive partner is on top; the cowgirl position.
5. The receptive partner in the cowgirl position.

Forms

Coordinates

cowboy

Deriveds

reverse cowgirl position · cowgirl hat · cowgirl boot · reverse cowgirl · cowgirl position

Hypernyms

cowperson · cowpunch · cowpoke · cowhand

Synonyms

woman-on-top · dudette (woman tending cattle) · dudess (woman tending cattle)

Translations (21)

fi lehmityttö (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · cmn 女牛仔 (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · de Cowgirl (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · mk говедарка (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · sco coolass (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · es vaquera (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · pt vaqueira (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · fr cow-girl (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · ja カウガール (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · ru пасту́шка (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · ro văcăriță (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · ru ско́тница (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · fr vachère (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · uk корівни́ця (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · de Kuhhirtin (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · pl kowbojka (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · eo vakerino (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · it mandriana (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · mk краварка (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · ro văcăreasă (A woman who tends free-range cattle) · ko 카우걸 (A woman who tends free-range cattle)

cowgirl en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈkaʊˌɡɝl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From cow + girl.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, rare) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.
   • She also cowgirled and hired out to do ranch and timber work. 1998, Linda M. Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier, Nancy Curtis, Leaning Into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West:
   • Only 250 miles down the road a reclusive beauty named Joann Brebner was living the bucolic life, cowgirling, helping out at her family's remote ranch-based resort. 2007, American Cowboy (volume 13, number 5, Jan-Feb 2007, page 56)
2. (rare, transitive) To mount someone and have sexual intercourse in the cowgirl position.
   • Once recovered I cowgirled him to a torturously slow climax, having him begging for release as I took him to the edge […] 2016, Angela Goodnight, My Life, My Loves: True, Explicit Autobiography:

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