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bronc

 (brŏngk)
n.
A bronco.
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bronc

(brɒŋk)

n.
a bronco.
[1890–95; by shortening]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bronc - an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustangbronc - an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang
mustang - small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish
bucking bronco - a wild horse that is vicious and difficult or impossible to break in
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Or I can bog my head like a bronc and buck my way through this changing world.
Bareback riding, breakaway roping, steer wrestling, miniature bull riding, saddle bronc, team roping, cowgirls barrel racing and bull riding.
PWDL FAPTS St Helens 16 15 0 1 549 246 30 Warrington 17 13 0 4 528 291 26 Catalans D 17 10 0 7 347 387 20 Hull 17100738947320 Castleford 17 9 0 8 375 364 18 Wakefield 17 8 0 9 393 394 16 Salford 17 7 0 10 428 375 14 Huddersfield 17 7 0 10 391 420 14 Wigan 16 6 0 10 316 341 12 Leeds 17 6 0 11 351 427 12 HULLKR 16 5011307470 10 London Bronc 16 4 0 12 265 451 8
PWDL FAPTS Castleford 4 4 0 0 118 44 8 StHelens 44009956 8 Warrington 4 3 0 1 108 63 6 Salford 5302100108 6 Wakefield 42029996 4 Cat Dragons 4 2 0 2 66 74 4 HULLKR 520392112 4 Hull 31025766 2 Leeds 5104108136 2 London Bronc 4 1 0 3 60 110 2 Wigan 3102 6861*0 Huddersfield 3 0 0 3 44 93 0 TODAY: London v Wigan, 3pm.
All participants were also invited to attend BRONC Tank Academy, a summer pre-college experience to explore entrepreneurship at the college-level.
There, a family living in a trailer against the backdrop of the rodeo circuit struggles with autism, brain damage from a bronc riding competition, drinking and gambling, but somehow endures.
He lunged like a bronc at the Calgary Stampede, then porpoised his back, dropped his head, and gathered himself into a violent, convulsive buck.
The focal point My primary reason for being in Cheyenne the last week of July was to experience Cheyenne Frontier Days, a 10-day annual event that, as organisers like to say, "has been kicking up dust since 1897." That's a lot of dust when you consider marquee events such as steer wrestling, bull riding, bronc busting, tie down and team roping, and the grand finale wild horse race.
Buford Ranch won champion team honors by winning the saddle bronc riding and wild cow milking events.
'As always, we are expecting a great number of tourists just to personally witness the breath-taking steer wrestling or bulldogging, saddle bronc riding and tie down roping contest in the arena,' Masbate Gov.
This factor saved the life of many a bronc buster, because if the high-heeled cowboy boot gets caught in the stirrup when the bronc throws the rider, the rider can be quickly dragged to death unless he can kill the horse quickly.
"I might have accidentally hurt it or possibly the younger horse that Ruth was on had gotten too close to my horse's bottom causing it to bronc, but honestly I have no idea."