roundup
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roundup¹
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Deverbal from round up.
noun roundups
- An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
- The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.
- 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.
- 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.\
- An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
- The finishing of an arrangement.
Similar: muster
Roundup²
proper noun
- A city, the county seat of Musselshell County, Montana, United States, which served as a place for cattle roundups.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rassemblement, round, tour, gathering, rally, synthesis, staging, stocktaking, summary, round-up, muster, rodeo, last roundup, mustering, rustling, cut-out
noun
Similar: muster
Talk about this word "roundup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/roundup. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. roundup. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/roundup "roundup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/roundup.Cite this
@misc{roundup_2026,
title = {roundup},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roundup},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
