Definition of "rodeo" []

• A public competition or exhibition in which skills such as riding broncos or roping calves are displayed. (noun)
• A cattle roundup. (noun)
• An enclosure for keeping cattle that have been rounded up. (noun)

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• "Mexico has its own version of the rodeo is called la charreada."
• "The $20,000 prize money for the first Stampede was the highest amount awarded in rodeo competition, at that time, and the Stampede was a huge success."
• "With nowhere else to turn, I called the rodeo office in Swift Current."