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rodeo

ro·deo

UK/ˈɹəʊ.di.əʊ/ US/ˈɹoʊ.di.oʊ/ fairly common

noun

1.

an exhibition of cowboy skills

2.

an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up

Origin

From Spanish rodeo, from rodear (“to surround”), which refers to a cattle roundup.

Phrases

  • been to the rodeo
  • buffer rodeo
  • goat rodeo
  • not one's first rodeo
  • rodeo clown

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