rodeo
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A North American sport involving skills with horses, cows and other livestock.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
rohdeeohSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɹoʊdioʊ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
sports
A North American sport involving skills with horses, cows and other livestock.
A gathering of cattle to be branded.
An entertainment event associated with the sport.
verb
intransitive
To perform in a rodeo show.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A North American sport involving skills with horses, cows and other livestock.
Used this way, rodeo is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a sporting use: familiar to anyone who follows the game, and puzzling to anyone who does not.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Sports
- News/reporting
- Everyday conversation
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use rodeo
- “We went to the big rodeo on Saturday afternoon.”
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