roundup
roundup noun: an activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
Noun
roundup (plural 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.2009, Shannon L. Fogg, The Politics of Everyday Life in Vichy France, page 111
- 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.\2006 July 27, Mark Sweney, “BBC to launch news 'vodcasts'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2025
- An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
- The finishing of an arrangement.
Proper noun capitalized: Roundup
Roundup
- A city, the county seat of Musselshell County, Montana, United States, which served as a place for cattle roundups.
roundup meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
roundup in Hindi
- राउंडअप, राउंडअप करें
roundup in Tamil
- ரவுண்டப், ரவுண்ட்அப்
roundup in Marathi
- राउंडअप, राउंडअप करा
roundup in Bengali
- রাউন্ডআপ, রাউন্ডআপ করুন
More languagesFewer languages
- roundup in Telugu
- రౌండప్, రౌండ్అప్
- roundup in Malayalam
- റൌണ്ടപ്പ്, റൌണ്ട്അപ്പ്
- roundup in Kannada
- ರೌಂಡಪ್, ರೌಂಡ್ಅಪ್
- roundup in Punjabi
- ਰਾਊਂਡਅਪ, ਰਾਊਂਡਅੱਪ
- roundup in Gujarati
- રાઉન્ડઅપ
- roundup in Odia
- ରାଉଣ୍ଡଅପ୍
- roundup in Nepali
- राउन्डअप, राउंडअप
Synonyms of roundup
Forms of roundup
| plural | roundups |
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Origin of roundup
Deverbal from round up.
Words formed from roundup
Questions about roundup
- What does roundup mean?
- Roundup means an activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
- What is roundup in Hindi?
- Roundup in Hindi is राउंडअप, राउंडअप करें. See Roundup meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is roundup?
- Roundup can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of roundup?
- The plural of roundup is roundups.
Words near roundup in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: roundup (page history and authors); Roundup (page history and authors); roundup (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roundup (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roundup (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roundup (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roundup (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roundup (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roundup (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roundup (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roundup (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roundup (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roundup (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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