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English

Pronunciation
(Canada) IPA|/�waɪnd��p/

Noun
en-noun|sg=wind-up

1. The end or conclusion of something.

#::Everyone come to our end-of-the-term wind-up party.

1. A punch line of a joke or comedy routine.
2. 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."

1. 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
en-adj|pos=wind-up|-

1. context|of a machine needing to be wind up|wound up in order to function.

#*1997, Daria (TV, episode 1.07):
#*:Maybe you could get a wind-up toy to distract him.

ru:wind-up
vi:wind-up

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