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Definition of Wind up

1. Verb. Finally be or do something. "He wound up being unemployed and living at home again"

2. Verb. Give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching.

3. Verb. Stimulate sexually. "The performance is likely to wind up Sue"; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"

4. Verb. Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem. "Wind your watch"

Definition of Wind up

1. Noun. (British) A humorous attempt to fool somebody, a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue. ¹

2. Verb. To end up; to arrive or result. ¹

3. Verb. To conclude, complete, or finish. ¹

4. Verb. To tighten by winding or twisting. ¹

5. Verb. To excite. ¹

6. Verb. (British) To play a prank, to take the mickey or mock ¹

7. Verb. To dissolve a partnership or corporation and liquidate its assets ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wind Up

wind power wind rose wind scale wind scales wind shear wind sleeve wind sock wind speed wind storm wind swell

wind tee wind tunnel wind tunnels wind turbine wind turbines wind up (current term) wind up one's bottoms wind ups wind vane windable

windac windacs windage windages windas windases windbag windbags windbell windbells

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