"wind-up" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈwaɪndˌʌp/ [Canada]
Etymology: Deverbal from wind up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|wind up}} Deverbal from wind up Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} wind-up (not comparable)
  1. (of a machine) Needing to be wound up in order to function. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: windup Translations (needing to be wound up in order to function): natahovací (Czech), trekkopp (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-wind-up-en-adj-Fu6RN0tq Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 59 2 3 16 12 7 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 2 4 16 15 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 60 3 4 10 14 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 3 6 7 15 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 2 2 6 14 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 4 11 25 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 52 3 6 14 14 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 39 4 5 27 12 12

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwaɪndˌʌp/ [Canada] Forms: wind-ups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from wind up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|wind up}} Deverbal from wind up Head templates: {{en-noun}} wind-up (plural wind-ups)
  1. The end or conclusion of something. Translations (end or conclusion of something): Zusammenfassung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-wind-up-en-noun-VbhpLoy~ Disambiguation of 'end or conclusion of something': 94 2 0 0 4
  2. The punch line of a joke or comedy routine.
    Sense id: en-wind-up-en-noun-jJKcjRZn
  3. (British) A humorous attempt to fool somebody; a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue. Tags: British Translations (humorous attempt to fool somebody): Streich [masculine] (German), Schabernack [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-wind-up-en-noun-DC3dSaVu Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'humorous attempt to fool somebody': 0 7 89 1 3
  4. (baseball) The phase of making a pitch where the pitcher moves his or her arm backwards before throwing the ball. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-wind-up-en-noun-tRHpM4-6 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. (television) A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly. Categories (topical): Television
    Sense id: en-wind-up-en-noun-BIjfrEdF Topics: broadcasting, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wind-up merchant, wind-up radio, wind-up toy Related terms: wind up

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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