| Definitions | | wind-up |
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noun
- The end or conclusion of something.
- :Everyone come to our end-of-the-term party.
- A punch line of a joke or comedy routine.
- 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."
- (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 . Here comes the pitch. Strike on the inside corner!
adjective (pos=wind-up, -)
- (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 toy to distract him.
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