Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A gathering of cattle to be branded or marked; a round-up.
  • noun The inclosure in which cattle are collected for counting or branding.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Western U.S. A round-up. See round-up.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an exhibition of cowboy skills
  • noun an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up

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Examples

  • As the little boy led the calf across the arena thousands of people cheered, and when he got to the exit the rodeo man was waiting to congratulate him, "I'm going to call him Rodeo, " Timmy said.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

  • He adds that the firm has other plans beyond what he terms the "Rodeo Drive" sector of the redevelopment, "but we are not eager to do more until these places are operational; otherwise, we would be shooting ourselves in the foot."

    Getting Into Another Fine Mezze Bruce Palling 2011

  • I did a cowboy room, which I call the Rodeo Suite, and then indulged some of my own dream themes.

    Home Swell Home Cynthia Rowley 2002

  • I did a cowboy room, which I call the Rodeo Suite, and then indulged some of my own dream themes.

    Home Swell Home Cynthia Rowley 2002

  • I did a cowboy room, which I call the Rodeo Suite, and then indulged some of my own dream themes.

    Home Swell Home Cynthia Rowley 2002

  • Rodeo is pronounced "ro-DAY-oh," and Hermès is pronounced "air-MEHZZ", which led us to wonder whether the cultured elite who frequent both places refer to a popular sexually transmitted disease as "air-PEHZZ."

    - Boing Boing 2005

  • I'm particularly fond of the Cowboys of the Rocky Mountain Rodeo Association. mood: creative music: the red sox winning

    August 31st, 2004 cnoocy 2004

  • Rodeo is just getting popular in Brazil,” Marchi explains, “and so you want the fans to like you.

    The Boys from Brazil 2010

  • Rodeo is just getting popular in Brazil,” Marchi explains, “and so you want the fans to like you.

    The Boys from Brazil 2010

  • So, country was in The Byrds' repertoire, but Sweetheart Of The Rodeo was the first time we did an entire album of that kind of music.

    Mike Ragogna: Stevie Nicks In Your Dreams EPK Exclusives, Plus Conversations with Matt Nathanson, Roger McGuinn, and My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way Mike Ragogna 2011

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