Definitions for wind up
wind up

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finishverb

   finally be or do something

   "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"

2. wind upverb

   give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching

3. arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind upverb

   stimulate sexually

   "This movie usually arouses the male audience"

4. wind, wind upverb

   coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem

   "wind your watch"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wind upnoun

   A humorous attempt to fool somebody, a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue.

2. wind upverb

   To end up; to arrive or result.

3. wind upverb

   To conclude, complete, or finish.

4. wind upverb

   To tighten by winding or twisting.

5. wind upverb

   To excite.

6. wind upverb

   To play a prank, to take the mickey or mock

7. wind upverb

   To dissolve a partnership or corporation and liquidate its assets

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1. wind up

   American R&B singer-songwriter Keke Palmer has released two studio albums, three extended plays, three mixtapes and 28 singles. In 2005, she signed a record deal with Atlantic Records. Palmer released her debut album So Uncool on September 18, 2007. The album failed to chart on the US Billboard 200, but did chart at number 85 on the R&B chart. The album was preceded by the second single "Keep It Movin'". In 2010, Palmer was signed by the Chairman of Interscope Records, Jimmy Iovine, and began working on an album.In January 2011, Palmer released her first mixtape Awaken. The mixtape was officially released on January 10, 2011, for downloading from mixtape-downloading websites. The first and only single released from the mixtape was "The One You Call". A music video was also released for the song. In July 2012, Palmer released the single "You Got Me" featuring Kevin McCall. The video for the single was released on July 11, 2012. Palmer released a self-titled mixtape Keke Palmer on October 1, 2012. It included her previously released singles "You Got Me" and "Dance Alone".

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Anagrams for wind up »

1. upwind

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1. Alex

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   Mark

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wind up in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wind up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of wind up in a Sentence

1. Dan Gross:

   It's not to say that teaching your kids gun safety can't help, but relying on that alone is an extremely dangerous mentality, i see tragedies every day that wind up occurring because a parent thought that their child knew better.

2. Robert Cantu:

   What were learning is its really not concussions that are the issue, its the repetitive subconcussive head trauma. So you dont have to have hits at a level that produce symptoms immediately to actually wind up producing brain damage.

3. Michael Pregent:

   I think we're going to have an American wind up on their knees with an ISIS flag behind them on the video camera, being an American in Afghanistan is a death sentence. Being an Afghan with a U.S. passport is a death sentence.

4. Brooks Dunn:

   I don’t claim to be a chef but I realized that a lot of the people that really inspired my life, the good things in my life, the moments in my life that make the memories that I really cherish-- revolved around those things hunting and fishing and spending time, being out in a garden and learning about food and things that wind up on the dinner table.

5. Jane Greer:

   If you’re more alike in terms of your personalities, you’re sharing similar styles of dealing with a variety of things in life—from interacting with friends to experiencing life changes, so if you and your partner share similar values and interests, you’ll wind up with more cooperative spirits and having a greater respect for one another.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wind up
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wind_Up
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_Up