name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A gathering of cattle to be branded.
2. 2
   an exhibition of cowboy skills wordnet
3. 3
   A North American sport involving skills with horses, cows and other livestock.
4. 4
   an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up wordnet
5. 5
   An entertainment event associated with the sport.

Verb

1. 1
   To perform in a rodeo show. intransitive

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Example

More examples

"Vivian Ward turns the tables on some Rodeo Drive saleswomen in the movie "Pretty Woman.""

Etymology

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

Related phrases

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.