roundup

See also: round up and Roundup

English

Etymology

Deverbal from round up.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

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.
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)

Derived terms

• final roundup
• last roundup

Anagrams

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