windup

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A form of wind-up — The end or conclusion of something.

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Meanings

adjectivewindup (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of wind-up.

    If you don't mind windup, spring-driven cameras, the Bolex 16s are good nonsync cameras.

    2012, Jack Anderson, Shooting Movies Without Shooting Yourself in the Foot, page 216
nounwindup (plural windups)

plural windups

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wind-up.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveoperated by a mechanism

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mechanical

nouna concluding action

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completionculminationclosingmop up
Broader
terminationendingconclusion
Also see
capriccioclosingcompletionculminationmop upmuck-upprankshenanigan

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Deverbal from wind up.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

upwind
Cite this entry
APA

windup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windup

MLA

“windup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windup. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “windup,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windup.

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