How to pronounce “wind-up”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• The end or conclusion of something.
• The punch line of a joke or comedy routine.
• (British) A humorous attempt to fool somebody; a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue.
• (baseball) The phase of making a pitch where the pitcher moves his or her arm backwards before throwing the ball.
• (television) A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly.
• [Adjective]
• (of a machine) Needing to be wound up in order to function.

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