How to pronounce “wind up”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• Alternative form of wind-up.
• [Verb]
• (literally, transitive) To wind (rope, string, mainsprings, etc.) completely.
• (transitive) To put (a clock, watch, etc.) in a state of renewed or continued motion by winding the spring or other energy-storage mechanism.
• (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To tighten (someone or something) by winding or twisting.
• (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To excite.
• (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To upset; to anger or distress.
• (literally, transitive) To roll up (a car window or well bucket, etc., by cranking).
• (intransitive, copulative) To end up; to arrive or result.
• (intransitive) To increase (in some aspect).
• (transitive) To conclude, complete, or finish (something).
• (transitive) To dissolve (a partnership or corporation) and liquidate its assets.
• (British, transitive) To play a prank (on); to take the mickey (out of) or mock.
• (baseball, intransitive) To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch.

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