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1. Operated by a mechanism
   "windup toys"

1. A concluding action
   - completion, culmination, closing, mop up

1. Finally be or do something
   "He winded up marrying his high school sweetheart";
   - finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, finish
    
2. (baseball) give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching
    
3. To evoke sexual feelings
   "This movie usually winds up the male audience";
   - arouse, sex, excite, turn on
    
4. Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
   "wind up your watch";
   - wind[2]
    
5. [Brit, informal] Deliberately provoke by mocking or poking fun, often in an aggressive manner
   - tease, razz [N. Amer, informal], rag, cod [Brit, informal], bait, taunt, twit [informal], rally, ride [N. Amer, informal]

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: winding up, winds up, windups, wind-ups

See also: mechanical

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

Encyclopedia: Windup