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wind up in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. stimulate sexually
    "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
    arouse  sex  excite  turn on  wind up 
  2. finally be or do something
    "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
    finish up  land up  fetch up  end up  wind up  finish 
  3. coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
    "wind your watch"
    wind  wind up 
  4. give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching
    wind up 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


wind up in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) (UK) A humorous attempt to fool somebody, a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue.
  2. (verb) To end up; to arrive or result.
  3. (verb) To conclude, complete, or finish.
  4. (verb) To tighten by winding or twisting.
  5. (verb) To excite.
  6. (verb) (UK) To play a prank, to take the mickey or mock
  7. (verb) To dissolve a partnership or corporation and liquidate its assets
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