Associations to the word «Windup»
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Wiktionary
WINDUP, noun. The act of ending or concluding something.
WINDUP, noun. The last part of something; a conclusion.
WINDUP, noun. (British) A practical joke or tease.
WINDUP, noun. (baseball) The act of preparing for a certain style of pitching.
WINDUP, adjective. Operated by a coiled spring that is wound by hand.
Dictionary definition
WINDUP, noun. A concluding action.
WINDUP, adjective. Operated by a mechanism; "windup toys".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.