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rodeo

UK/ˈɹəʊ.di.əʊ/US/ˈɹoʊ.di.oʊ/
nounB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,525 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: rodeos

A rodeo is a show of riding wild horses and roping cattle. Go to the rodeo, a rodeo rider, the rodeo circuit.

It grew out of the actual work of ranching — the skills on show were the ones needed to handle cattle, and the competition began as boasting between outfits. It is among the most dangerous sports there is. Note that the Spanish rodear means to surround, from a cattle roundup.

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Definitions of rodeo

  1. 1nounrodeoA show of riding wild horses and roping cattle.B1+

    “At the rodeo, cowboys tried to stay on bucking horses for eight seconds.”

rodeo is a show.

Where it comes from

Spanish rodeo comes from rodear, to surround, and named a cattle roundup. Rotate and round come from a related turning.

  1. Spanish

    rodeo

  2. English, today

    rodeo

Built from

  • rodear · Spanish — to surround

From Spanish rodeo, from rodear (“to surround”), which refers to a cattle roundup.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Horses & Riding

Practise this word

rodeo in the wild

  • The Legislative Assembly of Alberta has considered making rodeo the official sport of that province.

    Rodeo

  • However, in some parts of the world and at some small rodeos, the jobs of bull rider protection and comic remain combined.

    Rodeo clown

  • Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to run around preset barrels in the fastest time.

    Barrel racing

  • The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the largest livestock exhibition and rodeo in the world.

    Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

  • The show features championship rodeo action, livestock competitions, concerts, a carnival, pig racing, barbecue and the Rodeo Uncorked!

    Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.