Wind-up

Pronunciation

• Canada IPA: /ˈwaɪndˌʌp/

Full definition of wind-up

Noun

1. The end or conclusion of something.
2. Everyone come to our end-of-the-term wind-up party.
3. A punch line of a joke or comedy routine.
4. A joke, an attempt to fool someone or to make them angry.
• 1999: Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (movie)"Is this a wind-up, or what?" "No, no, it's true. He can really do it."
5. (baseball) the part of a pitch where the pitcher moves his or her arm backwards before throwing the ball.
• 1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (movie)He's into his wind-up. Here comes the pitch. Strike on the inside corner!

Related terms

• wind up

Adjective

1. (of a machine) needing to be wound up in order to function.
• 1997, Daria (TV, episode 1.07):Maybe you could get a wind-up toy to distract him.

Anagrams

• upwind