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wind up   (TTS Sound)

The noun windup has 1 sense

• completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up -- (a concluding action)

The verb wind up has 4 senses

• finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish -- (finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again")


• wind up -- (give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching)


• arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up -- (stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience")


• wind, wind up -- (coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch")

The adj windup has 1 sense

• windup -- (operated by a mechanism; "windup toys")