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RODEO
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I. (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)