WIND-UP


Meaning of WIND-UP in English

I. wind-up 1 BrE AmE British English , wind‧up American English /ˈwaɪnd ʌp/ noun

1 . [countable] British English informal something that you say or do in order to make someone angry or worried, as a joke

2 . [singular] a series of actions that are intended to complete a process, meeting etc:

The President made a statement at the windup of the summit in Helsinki.

II. wind-up 2 /ˈwaɪnd ʌp/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]

relating to a machine or toy that you turn part of several times, in order to make it move or start working:

a wind-up gramophone

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.