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rodeo
[roh-dee-oh, roh-dey-oh]
noun
plural
rodeosa 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
/ ˈəʊɪˌəʊ /
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 Word Forms
- rodeoer noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of rodeo1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rodeo1
Example Sentences
After all, this isn’t her first rodeo with a dinosaur — even if this time around, the creature isn’t purple or huggable or even tangible, just a green-screen dream.
I spent a lot of months bedridden, and now that I’m not, I’m very much like a rodeo bull.
Beyoncé's rodeo rumbled into London, bringing with it every country cliché you could think of - cowboy hats, horseshoes, tassels and even a gold mechanical bull.
“They were no slouches, and this wasn’t their first rodeo,” Jonathan Youssef said of the burglars.
For years, people would come for tours and declare, “I love Will Rogers and his horse, Trigger!” — a mixed-up reference to the actor and rodeo star Roy Rogers.
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