rodeo [roh -dee-oh, roh-dey -oh]
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See more synonyms for rodeo on Thesaurus.com 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. Show More
verb (used without object), ro·de·oed, ro·de·o·ing. to participate or compete in a rodeo or rodeos: He's been rodeoing since he was twelve. Show More
Origin of rodeo 1825–35; < Spanish: cattle ring, derivative of rodear to go round, itself derivative of rueda wheel < Latin rota
Related forms ro·de·o·er , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for rodeo Contemporary Examples of rodeo When Brooks went into his second song, an old hit called “Rodeo ,” the cheers grew so loud it was hard to hear him sing.
In the movie, Matthew McConaughey plays a rodeo cowboy diagnosed with AIDS.
He resisted the lures of the buckle bunnies who linger late in a rodeo arena, looking to sidle up against the winners.
“If anything got in the way of a rodeo , like a ball game, the ball game would have to wait,” Clyde Frost said.
This was the rodeo equivalent of pulling the sword out of the stone.
Historical Examples of rodeo This native was Rodeo , the brother of the true Pacheco, and he is here.
Rodeo stepped forward, bowing with the politeness of a Spanish don.
You've had the spring rodeo in your hands ever since I can remember.
They got up at four, because they had seen signs advertising a rodeo at Magdalena.
To the boys the rodeo was the most interesting time of the whole year.
British Dictionary definitions for rodeo noun plural -os mainly US and Canadian 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 Show More
Word Origin for rodeo C19: from Spanish, from rodear to go around, from rueda a wheel, from Latin rota
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Word Origin and History for rodeo n. 1914 as public entertainment show of horse-riding skill, from earlier meaning "cattle round-up" (1834), from Spanish rodeo , "pen for cattle at a fair or market," literally "a going round," from rodear "go round, surround," related to rodare "revolve, roll," from Latin rotare "go around" (see rotary ).
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