Cowgirl
//ˈkaʊˌɡɝl// noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
- 2 a woman cowboy wordnet
- 3 A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
- 4 a female performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging wordnet
- 5 A playing card of queen rank. slang
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- 6 A sex position where the receptive partner is on top; the cowgirl position.
- 7 The receptive partner in the cowgirl position.
Verb
- 1 To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle. intransitive, rare
"She also cowgirled and hired out to do ranch and timber work."
- 2 To mount someone and have sexual intercourse in the cowgirl position. rare, transitive
"Once recovered I cowgirled him to a torturously slow climax, having him begging for release as I took him to the edge […]"
Example
More examples"This year, my sister is dressing up as a cowgirl."
Etymology
From cow + girl.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.