1. A concluding action
   "The windup of the project took longer than expected";
   - completion, culmination, closing, mop up

1. Operated by a mechanism
   "windup toys"

1. Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
   "wind up your watch";
   - wind[2]
    
2. Finally be or do something
   "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again";
   - finish up, land up, fetch up, end up [informal], finish
    
3. To evoke sexual feelings
   "The provocative dance routine wound up the audience";
   - arouse, excite, turn on
    
4. Bring to a conclusion or finish
   "Let's wind up this meeting"
    
5. [Brit, informal] Deliberately provoke by mocking or poking fun
   "The children wound up the new teacher";
   - tease, razz [N. Amer, informal], rag, cod [Brit, informal], bait, taunt, twit [informal], rally, ride [N. Amer, informal]
    
6. (baseball) make a full arm rotation before pitching
   "The pitcher wound up before delivering the ball"

1. The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
   "he ignored their wind-ups";
   - tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization, tantalisation [Brit]

Derived forms: wind-ups, wound up, windups, winding up, winds up

See also: mechanical

Type of: act, bemock [archaic], conclusion, ending, excite, fasten, harassment, mock, molestation, move, shake, shake up, stir, swing, termination, tighten

Encyclopedia: Windup