rodeo
noun/ˈroʊdiˌoʊ/
Frequency rank: #7,958 most common English word
Meaning
a public performance or contest in which cowboys display skills such as riding horses and roping cattle.
Example sentence
The crowd cheered as the cowboy stayed on the bull during the rodeo last Saturday.
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