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bull riding

bull riding noun: a rodeo sport where a rider attempts to stay mounted on a bucking bull while the animal tries to buck off the rider.

Noun

bull riding (usually uncountable, plural bull ridings)

  1. (usually) A rodeo sport where a rider attempts to stay mounted on a bucking bull while the animal tries to buck off the rider.
    • "As regards the explanation or meaning of the representation, Dr. Fabricius concludes that we might suppose that the man on the back of the bull should be regarded as a performer of feats of bull-riding, or a bull-tamer, who shows his skill by leaping on the back of the beast in wild career, just...1885, Heinrich Schliemann, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Tiryns, The Prehistoric Palace of the Kings of Tiryns, the Results of the Latest Excavations, page 306
    • The bull-riding came next. Down in the corral, by much prodding and pulling, a bull was dragged into the shute.1922, Ross Santee, “The Payson Rodeo”, in The Century, volume 104, page 43

Examples of bull riding in a sentence

  • Also there are many open rodeos and bull ridings to go to.1996 October 11, Alex Wagenblast, “after hs-IA”, in rec.sport.rodeo (Usenet):
  • Hooked after attending their first live event, they started going to about half of the PBR's regular-season bull ridings and attended each year's finals in Las Vegas.2005, Josh Peter, Fried Twinkies, Buckle Bunnies, & Bull Riders, A Year Inside the Professional Bull Riders Tour:

Forms of bull riding

pluralbull ridings

Questions about bull riding

What does bull riding mean?
Bull riding means a rodeo sport where a rider attempts to stay mounted on a bucking bull while the animal tries to buck off the rider.
How do you use bull riding in a sentence?
Also there are many open rodeos and bull ridings to go to.
What part of speech is bull riding?
Bull riding is a noun.
What is the plural of bull riding?
The plural of bull riding is bull ridings.

Words near bull riding in the dictionary

  1. bull race
  2. bull rail
  3. bull rails
  4. bull rider
  5. bull riders
  6. bull riding
  7. bull ridings
  8. bull ring
  9. bull rings
  10. bull roarer
  11. bull roarers

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