rodeo

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a public competition or exhibition featuring skills such as bronc riding, calf roping, and bull riding

   She won the barrel-racing event at the county rodeo.

2. 2
   noun

   a roundup of cattle for counting, sorting, branding, or sale, especially in Spanish-speaking parts of the Americas

   The ranchers held an annual rodeo to count and mark the cattle.

Borrowed from Spanish rodeo, 'a going around or cattle roundup,' from rodear, 'to surround,' related to rueda, 'wheel,' and ultimately Latin rota. The North American sporting event developed from practical roundup and livestock-handling skills.

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