windup
Use Windup in a sentence
noun
1.
the conclusion of any action, activity, etc.; the end or close.
2.
a final act or part.
3.
4.
Informal. a mechanical object, as a toy or wristwatch, that is driven by a spring or similar mechanism that must be wound.
5.
an act or instance of winding up.
Also, wind-up.
Origin:
1565–75; noun use of verb phrase wind up
1565–75; noun use of verb phrase wind up
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Windup
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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WordNet
| windup | |
adjective | |
| 1. | operated by a mechanism; "windup toys" |
noun | |
| 1. | a concluding action [syn: completion] |
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Example sentences
Probably after some windup party with other newspaper reporters.
They were the windup to a diatribe over an article of mine about his seamier side.
Capoeira can deliver lethal blows, but only after an elaborate windup involving quadruple handsprings or multiple cartwheels.
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