windup
windups
In baseball, the arm and body movements a pitcher makes just before throwing the ball are collectively called the windup. Sports announcers repeat this phrase throughout baseball games: "Here's the windup...and the pitch!"
You can also use windup to mean "conclusion." At the windup of a lengthy meeting, everyone will collect their papers and laptops, and several people will yawn and stretch. The windup of a political campaign might include one last speech and a full-page ad in a newspaper, just before the election. This is the oldest meaning of windup, dating from the 16th century. As an adjective, windup can mean "operated by a mechanism," like a windup toy.
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a concluding action
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synonyms:
closing, completion, culmination, mop up
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consummation
the act of bringing to completion or fruition
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consummation
the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse
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finish, finishing
the act of finishing
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finalisation, finalization
the act of finalizing
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follow-through
carrying some project or intention to full completion
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follow-through
the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion
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graduation
the successful completion of a program of study
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fruition, realisation, realization
something that is made real or concrete
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fulfillment, fulfilment
the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc)
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close, closing curtain, finale, finis
the concluding part of any performance
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conclusion, ending, termination
the act of ending something
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operated by a mechanism“windup toys”
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mechanical
using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
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mechanical
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(baseball) the series of motions made by a pitcher prior to releasing a pitch
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