Wind-up - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈwaɪnd ʌp|
Brit.
|ˈwaɪndʌp|
noun
- (UK) A humorous attempt to fool somebody, a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue.
verb
- To end up; to arrive or result.
- (baseball) To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch.
I followed the signs, and I wound up getting nowhere.
- To conclude, complete, or finish.Even though he had bad news, he tried to wind up his speech on a positive note.
- To tighten by winding or twisting.Your pocket watch will run for a long time if you wind up the spring all the way.
- To excite.Try not to wind up the kids too much right before bedtime.
- (UK) To play a prank, to take the mickey or mockTwenty quid? Are you winding me up?
- To dissolve a partnership or corporation and liquidate its assets- (baseball) To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch.
Extra examples
He went into the windup, then threw the pitch.
Her brother's act was just a wind-up to get her angry.
She has an old windup record player in her attic.
The President made a statement at the windup of the summit in Helsinki.
You can't be serious - is this a wind-up?
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