rodeo
pronunciation
How to pronounce rodeo in British English:
UK [ˈrəʊdiəʊ]
How to pronounce rodeo in American English:
US [ˈroʊdioʊ]
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- Noun:
- an exhibition of cowboy skills
- an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up
Word Origin
- rodeo
- rodeo: see rota
- 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).
Example
- 1. You know that 's rodeo money I won today .
- 2. La gran plaza , in the texas town of fort worth , lays on mariachi and reggaeton acts and is building a rodeo .
- 3. What a coincidence , your papa was a rodeo too .
- 4. And over the years , modders have introduced several innovations that have grown into entire product categories-like mountain bikes , heart-lung machines , and rodeo kayaks .
- 5. Is he taking you to a rodeo ?