rodeo
rodeo Lexical Profile
rodeo Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A competitive sporting event or public exhibition in which cowboys and cowgirls test their skills in riding broncos and bulls, roping calves, and wrestling steers.
"Thousands of spectators filled the arena for the annual summer rodeo."
A competitive event or challenging, often chaotic situation that tests a person's skill, experience, or endurance.
"Stay calm during the audit; this isn't our team's first rodeo."
North American A gathering or roundup of cattle on a ranch for branding, counting, or inspection.
"The ranch hands spent the entire week preparing the horses for the autumn rodeo."
• verb
North American To compete or participate in rodeo events.
"He rodeoed professionally across the western states for nearly a decade before retiring to run his family ranch."
• Rhymes for rodeo
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-19th century from Spanish rodeo ('a going around, cattle roundup'), from rodear ('to go around, surround'), ultimately from Latin rota ('wheel').
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