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▪ I. wind-up, n.1 and a.|ˈwaɪndˈʌp|
[f. the phr. to wind up, wind v.1 24.]
A. n.
1. The action of ‘winding up’, or something that ‘winds up’ or concludes a course of action, story, etc.; close, conclusion, finish, dénouement; final settlement; closing act or proceeding. † Also formerly wind-up-all.
1573G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 47 Whitch was the Epiphonema and as it were the windupal of that meting. 1588J. Harvey Disc. Probl. 74 Doth not the diuel, I say, in the winde-vpall, and in fine, oftner play wilie beguile him selfe? 1665Bunyan Holy Citie (1669) 266 This New Jerusalem shall be the wind-up of the world. 1683― Greatn. Soul (1691) 56 So the wind-up of the whole will be this, They shall have like for like. 1816Jane Austen Emma xxii, That was the wind-up of the history. 1844Alb. Smith Adv. Mr. Ledbury xxiv. (1886) 75 Getting through a few..quadrilles,..and Sir Roger de Coverley as a wind-up. 1853Dickens Bleak Ho. xviii, To take myself well to task, and have a regular wind-up of this business now. 1869Ouseley Counterp. Canon & Fugue xxiii. 181 The dominant pedal always announces the termination, or ‘wind-up’, of a fugue.
2. Baseball. The motions of a pitcher preparing to pitch the ball. Also fig. and in other sports.
1931D. Runyon in Collier's 25 Apr. 38/2, I take a good wind-up..but..the ball does not break as I expect. 1936Philadelphia Rec. 30 July 19/1 Blanton is the sort of orator who cannot shorten his pitching motion... He is unable to make a simple motion without taking a full windup. 1951[see stretch n. 1 i]. 1974Mills & Butler Tackle Badminton v. 45 The great temptations to be avoided with drop shots are..making an exaggerated wind-up with over-emphasized power, [etc.]. 1976Webster's Sports Dict. 483/2 The windup, which is usually accompanied by a rocking of the body, sets a rhythm which the pitcher follows until the ball is released.
3. a. Material that has become wound round something. b. The action of winding or coiling something round something else. c. The action of becoming twisted or stressed by the application of torque.
1964Gloss. Letterpress Rotary Printing Terms (B.S.I.) 21 Wind up, paper accidentally wrapped round the impression cylinder, plate cylinder, or inking rollers. 1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 165/2 Wind-up,..the winding of the hair on curlers. 1969W. R. R. Park Plastics Film Technol. ii. 15 This technique..generates a greater percentage of scrap or recycle material than the use of a stationary windup. 1972Sci. Amer. Dec. 51/1 The carriage was pushed back and forth by the spinner, one way during the drawing-twisting operation and the other way during windup. 1975Drilling Technol. & Collet Chuck (Bristol Erikson Ltd.) 4 Since the forces created in any cutting action are never constant, it follows that the amount of torsional ‘wind-up’ will be continually varying. 1976G. Robson Land-Rover vii. 117 To take care of transmission wind-up..the new car was to have a third, central differential with a limited-slip mechanism inside it. 1978Hot Car July 89/4 Traction bars..are..bolted by way of U-bolts and brackets to the rear leaf springs of a car such that they prevent wind-up of the rear axle on full-power starts.
4. A deliberate attempt to ‘wind up’ or provoke someone by misleading or hoaxing; a trick or practical joke. Also attrib., as wind-up artist, etc. colloq.
1984Times 10 May 1/3 My recollection of this is quite clear. I thought it was a wind-up to be honest with you. 1986Times 18 Aug. 10/1 After being inundated with bogus small ads from constables trying to sell off their superiors' cars, Muil once said to me: ‘Policemen are the biggest wind-up artists of all time.’
B. adj.
1. Constructed to be wound up. Also of a window: made to be moved up (to shut) and down (to open) by means of a handle wound with a rotary motion.
1784Morn. Chron. 21 Apr. 4/3 Advt., A wind up range. 1951Festival of Britain Catal. 149/1 Wind-up plate glass window, weatherproof and draughtproof. 1962E. O'Brien Lonely Girl v. 64 The last record lay on the green baize of the wind-up gramophone. 1968‘E. McBain’ Fuzz ix. 155 The police in this city are like wind-up toys with keys sticking out of their backs. 1970Motoring Which? July 98/1 A few of these modifications—wind-up windows..also appeared on the ordinary Mini. 1982N. Painting Reluctant Archer vii. 105 There were other gramophones, too. Wind-up ones.
2. Forming the ‘wind-up’ or conclusion of something; concluding, closing.
1843Mozley Ess. (1878) I. 25 Strafford determined not to be wanting to himself at the wind-up scene. 1900‘Mark Twain’ Man that corrupted etc. 153 We had a wind-up champagne supper.
Add:[A.] 5. A device which operates by means of a winding mechanism, esp. a wind-up gramophone or clockwork toy.
1975J. McClure Snake iv. 54 Discs, even for old-fashioned wind-ups, were big money. 1982B. Fantoni Stickman vii. 63 The gramophone is only an old wind-up, but it works fine. 1991Washington Post 5 Aug. b5/4 We can fix any kind of doll: windups, battery-operated, cloth, wax, papier-mache.
▪ II. wind-up, n.2 colloq.|ˈwɪndʌp|
[f. phr. to get the wind up s.v. wind n.1 10 b.]
A state of nervous anxiety or fear; an occurrence of this.
1917G. S. Gordon Let. 13 Feb. (1943) 69 By that time my runner was showing signs of ‘wind-up’... He thought I was very unfeeling, not to go down to a cellar till the shower [of shelling] was over. 1922Encycl. Brit. XXX. 64/1 Many other pilots..have been through the same stages of ‘wind-up’. 1931J. Hilton Murder at School x. 204 We were having a smoke... We got an awful wind-up, thinking somebody..might have smelt something. 1952Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 82/2 Putting on a bold face, but with a fair amount of wind-up, I walked..in the direction the hand pointed to. 1980A. Price Hour of Donkey xiv. 220 Bit of nerves..the old wind-up. |