Roundup (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the driving together of cattle, horses, etc., for inspection, branding, shipping to market, or the like, as in the western U.S.
  2. the people and horses who do this.
  3. the herd so collected.
  4. the gathering together of scattered items or groups of people: a police roundup of suspects.
  5. a summary, brief listing, or résumé of related facts, figures, or information: Sunday's newspaper has a sports roundup giving the final score of every baseball game of the past week.
verb (tr, adverb)
  1. to gather (animals, suspects, etc) together
  2. to raise (a number) to the nearest whole number or ten, hundred, or thousand above it
noun roundup
  1. the act of gathering together livestock, esp cattle, so that they may be branded, counted, or sold
  2. any similar act of collecting or bringing together
  3. a collection of suspects or criminals by the police, esp in a raid
Roundup (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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