roping

Examples

• All

• Cowboys' calf roping is our next contest.

  Bus Stop (1956)

• I remember Cheyenne, Wyoming, on a stifling July afternoon at a jackpot roping contest.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Turned out to be one of the best roping horses I ever had.

  Hidalgo (2004)

• You did real well in the roping.

  8 Seconds (1994)

• Next time, I'm doing the roping, OK?

  Invasion U.S.A. (1985)

• Pappy's got some roping to do!

  R.I.P.D. (2013)

• You ever try calf roping?

  Brokeback Mountain (2005)

• All roping events involve both fancy roping, or floreo, and capturing the animals.

  Academic text (1994)

• Fairs and holiday festivals in the Borderlands often included roping and riding contests.

  Academic text (1994)

• Following each bull rider, a two-man roping team captures the beast, and judges rate both ropers and riders on their performances.

  Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

C

calf roping

vsroping

• NSFW

1 9.1

A rodeo event where a rider on horseback chases, lassos, and ties a calf's legs quickly

focuses on capturing animals with a lasso rather than tying legs or speed

S

steer roping

vsroping

• Jargon

8.8

A rodeo event where a rider on horseback tries to rope a steer

is the general act of catching animals with a lasso rather than an event

Antonyms

R

to release

∞ 1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

E

escape

320 1.1

An act of getting away from a place where you are kept or are in danger

Compounds

C

calf roping

• NSFW

1 9.1

A rodeo event where a rider on horseback chases, lassos, and ties a calf's legs quickly

S

steer roping

• Jargon

8.8

A rodeo event where a rider on horseback tries to rope a steer

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology