roundup

See also: round up and Roundup

English

Etymology

Deverbal from round up.

Pronunciation

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Noun

roundup (plural roundups)

  1. (US, agriculture) An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
  2. (law enforcement) The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.
  3. The forcible gathering together of any particular group of people.
    • 2009, Shannon L. Fogg, The Politics of Everyday Life in Vichy France, page 111:
      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.
  4. The summary to a news bulletin.
    • 2006 July 27, Mark Sweney, “BBC to launch news 'vodcasts'”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 9 April 2025:
      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.\
  5. An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
  6. The finishing of an arrangement.

Synonyms

  • (agriculture): muster (Australia, New Zealand)

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