Windup Common

Windup has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

a concluding action

completion culmination closing windup mop up

The act of ending or concluding something.

Adjective

operated by a mechanism

"windup toys"

windup

Operated by a coiled spring that is wound by hand.

See Also

coiled ending wind up spring conclusion tease practical joke pitch

Related Terms

coiled ending wind up spring conclusion tease practical joke pitch windups concluding hand wound

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

termination

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

consummation finish finalization follow-through graduation

Rhyming Words

dup leadup holdup sendup bindup speedup buildup standup roundup antiholdup

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