Roundup

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped. US
  2. 2
    the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police wordnet
  3. 3
    The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.
  4. 4
    the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold wordnet
  5. 5
    The forcible gathering together of any particular group of people.

    "Vichy's antisemitism as codified in the National Revolution was well established, and the first massive roundup of foreign Jews had taken place the previous fall."

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  1. 6
    a summary list; as in e.g. ‘a news roundup’ wordnet
  2. 7
    The summary to a news bulletin.

    "The BBC is to launch its first "vodcasts"—the video version of podcasts—with a weekly roundup from shows including the Ten O'Clock News, Newsnight and Question Time.\"

  3. 8
    An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
  4. 9
    The finishing of an arrangement.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, the county seat of Musselshell County, Montana, United States, which served as a place for cattle roundups.

Example

More examples

"There was a yearly roundup during which thousands of cattle were driven east."

Etymology

Deverbal from round up.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.