rodeo
noun
[ ˈrəʊdɪəʊ ]
• an exhibition or contest in which cowboys show their skill at riding broncos, roping calves, wrestling steers, etc.
• "a rodeo rider"
• a round-up of cattle on a ranch for branding, counting, etc.
• (in snowboarding and surfing) an aerial manoeuvre combining a forward or backward flip with a rotation.
• "a textbook backside rodeo"
rodeo
verb
• compete in a rodeo.
• "I either rodeoed, or went hunting or fishing"
Origin:
mid 19th century: from Spanish, from rodear ‘go round’, based on Latin rotare ‘rotate’.
