WINDUP
Dictionary entry overview: What does windup mean?
• WINDUP (noun)
The noun WINDUP has 1 sense:
1. a concluding action
Familiarity information: WINDUP used as a noun is very rare.
• WINDUP (adjective)
The adjective WINDUP has 1 sense:
1. operated by a mechanism
Familiarity information: WINDUP used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WINDUP (noun)
Meaning:
A concluding action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
mop up; windup; completion; culmination; closing
Hypernyms ("windup" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "windup"):
consummation (the act of bringing to completion or fruition)
consummation (the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse)
finish; finishing (the act of finishing)
finalisation; finalization (the act of finalizing)
follow-through (carrying some project or intention to full completion)
follow-through (the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion)
graduation (the successful completion of a program of study)
• WINDUP (adjective)
Meaning:
Operated by a mechanism
Context example:
windup toys
Similar:
mechanical (using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices)
