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rodeo
[ roh-dee-oh, roh-dey-oh ]
noun
- a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- a roundup of cattle.
- Informal. any contest offering prizes in various events:
a bicycle rodeo for kids under twelve.
- (initial capital letter, italics) a ballet (1942) choreographed by Agnes de Mille, with musical score by Aaron Copland.
verb (used without object)
- to participate or compete in a rodeo or rodeos:
He's been rodeoing since he was twelve.
rodeo
/ ˈrəʊdɪˌəʊ /
noun
- a display of the skills of cowboys, including bareback riding, steer wrangling, etc
- the rounding up of cattle for branding, counting, inspection, etc
- an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up
Other Words From
- rode·oer noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of rodeo1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rodeo1
Example Sentences
When Brooks went into his second song, an old hit called “Rodeo,” the cheers grew so loud it was hard to hear him sing.
The Gossip Girl actress has followed Gwyneth Paltrow to the blogging ‘n’ selling online rodeo.
In the movie, Matthew McConaughey plays a rodeo cowboy diagnosed with AIDS.
This was the rodeo equivalent of pulling the sword out of the stone.
He resisted the lures of the buckle bunnies who linger late in a rodeo arena, looking to sidle up against the winners.
Ten years from now, thar won't be a cow hand ner a gun outside a dude ranch er a rodeo.
Anza refers to only one, in addition to the one on Rodeo Creek, viz., the large village at Tormey.
We may tentatively draw their boundary between Rodeo and Crockett.
Life during the rodeo was a combined circus and school-day vacation when off duty with the herd.
We was workin' the rodeo back of Dos Cabezas when we come across a seven-year ol' black horse that was an outlaw.
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