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ro·de·o 
[roh-dee-oh, roh-dey-oh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -de·os, verb, -de·oed, -de·o·ing.
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[roh-dee-oh, roh-dey-oh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -de·os, verb, -de·oed, -de·o·ing. –noun
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping. |
| 2. | a roundup of cattle. |
| 3. | Informal. any contest offering prizes in various events: a bicycle rodeo for kids under twelve. |
| 4. | (initial capital letter, italics) a ballet (1942) choreographed by Agnes de Mille, with musical score by Aaron Copland. |
| 5. | to participate or compete in a rodeo or rodeos: He's been rodeoing since he was twelve. |
[Origin: 1825–35; < Sp: cattle ring, deriv. of rodear to go round, itself deriv. of rueda wheel < L rota]
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ro·de·o·er, noun
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| ro·de·o
(rō'dē-ō', rō-dā'ō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. ro·de·os
[Spanish, corral, rodeo, from rodear, to surround, from rueda, wheel, from Latin rota; see ret- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
rodeo
rodeo
1914 as public entertainment show of horse-riding skill, from earlier meaning "cattle round-up" (1834), from Sp., "pen for cattle at a fair or market," lit. "a going round," from rodear "go round, surround," related to rodare "revolve, roll," from L. rotare "go around" (see rotate).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| rodeo | |
noun | |
| 1. | an exhibition of cowboy skills |
| 2. | an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Rodeo, CA (CDP, FIPS 62490) Location: 38.04547 N, 122.23770 W
Population (1990): 7589 (2804 housing units)
Area: 19.4 sq km (land), 4.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 94572
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Rodeo
Ro*de"o\, n. [SP., a going round.] A round-up. See Round-up. [Western U.S.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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