Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A bullfight, especially a program in which six bulls aged at least four years old are engaged.

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  • noun bullfighting A bullfight

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  • noun a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Spanish corrida (de toros), running (of the bulls), bullfight, from past participle of correr, to run, from Latin currere; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Spanish corrida

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Examples

  • The four-course comida corrida is a genuine bargain at $35 pesos.

    Tzurumutaro, Michoacan: a town at the crossroads 2001

  • The four-course comida corrida is a genuine bargain at $35 pesos.

    Tzurumutaro, Michoacan: a town at the crossroads 2001

  • The four-course comida corrida is a genuine bargain at $35 pesos.

    Tzurumutaro, Michoacan: a town at the crossroads 2001

  • Antonio's father always said that their bulls were the best to go the 'corrida' - the bull ring.

    Toro Toro by Michael Morpurgo - review 2011

  • This is not about winning because the corrida is a ceremony of the death.

    There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

  • This is not about winning because the corrida is a ceremony of the death.

    There is no such thing as a bullfight 2004

  • His father, also named Hugo, is a three-time Mexican charro champion, recognized for his work as a horseman and his talent for competing in the charreada, or corrida, which is the national sport in Mexico.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2009

  • The 34-year-old is attracting sellout crowds amid dwindling interest among young Spaniards in bullfighting, which dates back as far as 1090 when a "corrida" was held to celebrate the marriage of King Alfonso VI's daughter.

    Bloomberg 2010

  • The 34-year-old is attracting sellout crowds amid dwindling interest among young Spaniards in bullfighting, which dates back as far as 1090 when a "corrida" was held to celebrate the marriage of King Alfonso VI's daughter.

    Bloomberg 2010

  • Inspired to Francisco Goya's painting El aquelarre, the video portrays a human corrida, meaning that the bull is actually the singer herself.

    No fat clips!!! 2008

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