roundup

[ round-uhp ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of roundup¹

First recorded in 1760–70; noun use of verb phrase round up

Idioms and Phrases

see head for (the last roundup) . Also see round up .

Example Sentences

Today I’m spotlighting seven recent songs I discovered in Jon’s roundups.

From New York Times

And in his first interview after he won last week, the former president told NBC that he was committed to a mass roundup of undocumented immigrants, whatever the cost.

From Los Angeles Times

“Any talk of mass roundups or the Police Department being involved in that thing — we don’t do that kind of thing,” McDonnell said.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet these days candidate Trump doesn’t shy away from talking about peacetime roundups and camps for about 11 million undocumented residents, including those with U.S. citizen children, starting on day one of a second presidency.

From Los Angeles Times

“If the point of this was a roundup, U.S. citizens would be rounded up,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times