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To wind completely.

“I wound up the spool of rope.”

To end up; to arrive or result.

“I followed the signs, and I wound up getting nowhere.”

To conclude, complete, or finish.

“Even though he had bad news, he tried to wind up his speech on a positive note.”

To tighten by winding or twisting.

“Your pocket watch will run for a long time if you wind up the spring all the way.”

To put (a clock, a watch, etc.) in a state of renewed or continued motion, by winding the spring, or that which carries the weight.

To excite.

“Try not to wind up the kids too much right before bedtime.”

To play a prank (on), to take the mickey (out of) or mock.

“Twenty quid? Are you winding me up?”

To upset; to anger or distress.

To dissolve a partnership or corporation and liquidate its assets.

To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch.

The end or conclusion of something.

“Everyone is invited to our end-of-term wind-up party.”

A punch line of a joke or comedy routine.

A humorous attempt to fool somebody, a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue.

The phase of making a pitch where the pitcher moves his or her arm backwards before throwing the ball.

A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly.