Definition of: rodeo

(rō′dē·ō, rō·dā′ō) noun plural ·de·os
1. The driving of cattle together to be branded, counted, inspected, etc.; a roundup.
2. An enclosure in a stock farm, in which cattle are collected to be counted and branded.
3. A public spectacle in which the more exciting features of a roundup are presented as the riding of broncos, branding, lariat–throwing, etc. [<Sp. <rodear go around <rueda wheel <L rota]