wind-up English

Meaning wind-up meaning

What does wind-up mean?

wind-up noun

— The end or conclusion of something.

— A punch line of a joke or comedy routine.

— (British) A humorous attempt to fool somebody, a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue.

— (baseball) The phase of making a pitch where the pitcher moves his or her arm backwards before throwing the ball.

— (television) A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly.

wind-up adjective

— needing to be wound up in order to function

Synonyms wind-up synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as wind-up?

wind-up English » English

clockwork

end

winding

interwine

enwind

conclusion