wind up in English dictionary

  • wind up

    Meanings and definitions of "wind up"

    • (UK) A humorous attempt to fool somebody, a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue.
    • To end up; to arrive or result.
    • To conclude, complete, or finish.
    • To tighten by winding or twisting.
    • To excite.
    • (UK) To play a prank, to take the mickey or mock
    • noun
      Alternative form of [i]wind-up[/i]
    • verb
      (literally)
      To wind completely.
    • verb
      To end up; to arrive or result.
    • verb
      To conclude, complete, or finish.
    • verb
      To tighten by winding or twisting.
    • verb
      To put (a clock, a watch, etc.) in a state of renewed or continued motion, by winding the spring, or that which carries the weight.
    • verb
      To excite.
    • verb
      (Britain)
      To play a prank, to take the mickey or mock.
    • verb
      To dissolve a partnership or corporation and liquidate its assets.
    • verb
      (baseball)
      To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch.
    • to conclude, complete, or finish
    • to tighten by winding or twisting
    • to play a prank, to take the mickey or mock
    • verb
      coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
    • verb
      finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
    • verb
      give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching
    • verb
      stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"

    Synonyms of "wind up" in English dictionary

    swing, stir, finish up are the top synonyms of "wind up" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of wind up

    • wind up (sometimes wind-up)
    • wind up ( third-person singular simple present winds up, present participle winding up, simple past and past participle wound up)
    • wind up (plural wind ups)
    • wind up (third-person singular simple present winds up, present participle winding up, simple past and past participle wound up)
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