corrida
/kɒˈriːdə
/noun
A bullfight.Or if you were lucky enough to come from a rich bullfighting family, the corridas were waiting for you....
- At the beginning of the bullfight, or corrida, the torero sizes up the bull while performing certain ritualized motions with his cape.
- During the reign of King Philip II, Pope Pius V, appalled at the unconscionable carnage of the bullfights, forbade the practice of the corridas.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Spanish corrida de toros 'running of bulls'.
Rhymes
- stepladder
- step-like
- stepmom
- stepmother
- stepmum
- stepney
- step on it (or step on the gas)
- step on someone's toes
- step out
- step out of line
- step out on
- step-parent
- step-parenthood
- step-parenting
- steppe
- stepped
- stepper
- stepping stone
- stepping-up
- step response
- steps
- stepsister
- step something down
- step something up
- stepson