rodeo
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.
to participate or compete in a rodeo or rodeos: He's been rodeoing since he was twelve.
Origin of rodeo
1Other words from rodeo
- ro·de·o·er, noun
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How to use rodeo in a sentence
The homestretch of the track had been blocked off with cattle fencing—the kind they use at rodeos that makes for easy climbing.
There have been only 11 deaths in PRCA-sanctioned rodeos in the 27 years of its existence, but few bullriders lack scars.
Tuff and Tracie and Kellie lost count of the hours they spent waiting on Lane after the rodeos.
The ranch outfit were to make three rodeos down the river the day before, where the bulk of their beeves ranged.
The Outlet | Andy AdamsThere were few arguments in the first rodeos of the lower range.
The Passing of the Frontier | Emerson Hough
There is no need to hunt the cattle, no periodical rodeos, when the herd is drawn in every night by thirst to the water-supply.
The Argentine Republic | Pierre Denis
British Dictionary definitions for rodeo
/ (ˈrəʊdɪˌəʊ) /
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
Origin of rodeo
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