Associations to the word «Roundup»

Wiktionary

ROUNDUP, noun. An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
ROUNDUP, noun. The similar police activity of gathering together suspects to a crime.
ROUNDUP, noun. The summary to a news bulletin.
ROUNDUP, noun. An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.

Dictionary definition

ROUNDUP, noun. The activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold.
ROUNDUP, noun. A summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup".
ROUNDUP, noun. The systematic gathering up of suspects by the police; "a mass roundup of suspects".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats