rodeo rider
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈroʊdiˌoʊ ˈraɪdər/
- US
:
jinete de rodeo
- A regular rodeo rider.
- a former rodeo rider
But I appreciate you, you know, giving it a shot and and congratulations on staying clean, dude, because a lot of rodeo riders are clean.
- But I appreciate you, you know, giving it a shot and and congratulations on staying clean, dude, because a lot of rodeo riders are clean.
Examples
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Val hangs on like a rodeo rider, struggling to keep fear-crazed Melvin from tumbling off.
Fiction book (1990) -
You know, because of that girl I haven't made a nickel since I've been on the road, and I'm a champion rodeo rider.
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Dad said you used to be a rodeo rider.
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It's what they train rodeo riders on.
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I always loved seeing Wyoming's plates because they had a rodeo rider on them.
Blog text (6) -
A champion rodeo rider who had won the All-Around title in North Dakota the year Margaret was forty-nine and starting to get an itch.
Fiction book (1992) -
In The Lusty Men (1952), directed by Nicholas Ray, he played a washed-up rodeo rider who has learned from punishingly hard experience that the cowboy's life is "chicken today, feathers tomorrow."
Academic text (2010) -
Her husband, Jim, is a renowned rodeo rider who has competed in many prestigious events.
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For a rodeo rider, mastering the art of bull riding takes years of practice and dedication.
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The rodeo rider demonstrated impressive skill as he effortlessly roped the calf during the competition.
Synonyms
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2.0
A person who rides a bike, horse, or motorcycle
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6.3
A person who rides horses, often in sport or competition
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3.1
A person on a horse, often for sport or travel
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who competes in or performs horse riding, roping, and similar stunts at a rodeo' is directly and transparently derivable from 'rodeo' (a public cowboy competition) + 'rider' (someone who rides). This noun–noun composition follows common, cross-linguistically familiar compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The compound rodeo rider comes from old cattle roundups in the American West, where cowboys showed their skill by riding wild horses and bulls. A rodeo became a public show of those skills and a rider was the person on the animal, so today rodeo rider means someone who 'competes' or 'performs' by riding and doing stunts at a rodeo.