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wind-up

Something done to annoy someone as a joke.

Meanings of «wind-up»

1 · noun

something done to annoy someone as a joke

His scary story turned out to be just a wind-up.

2 · adjective

powered by turning a spring, not electricity

My daughter loves her small wind-up robot that walks slowly.

Similar: clockworkspring-drivenmanual

3 · noun

the final stage or closing of an event or business

The charity announced the wind-up of its overseas program.

Similar: endclosureconclusion

Translation

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«wind-up» in 17 languages
AR العربية
AZ Azərbaycan
DE Deutsch
ES Español
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FR Français
HI हिन्दी
ID Indonesia
JA 日本語
KO 한국어
PT Português
RO Română
RU Русский
TH ไทย
TR Türkçe
UK Українська
UZ O‘zbek
VI Tiếng Việt

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