RODEO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rodeo mean? 

• RODEO (noun)
  The noun RODEO has 2 senses:

1. an exhibition of cowboy skills

2. an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up

  Familiarity information: RODEO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RODEO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An exhibition of cowboy skills

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rodeo" is a kind of...):

exhibition (the act of exhibiting)

Meronyms (parts of "rodeo"):

bronco busting (breaking a bronco to saddle)

calf roping (capturing a calf with a lasso and binding its feet)

steer roping (capturing a steer with a lasso)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rodeo" is a kind of...):

pen (an enclosure for confining livestock)