wind-up

1. The end or conclusion of something.

   Everyone is invited to our end-of-term wind-up party.

   Zusammenfassung

2. The punch line of a joke or comedy routine.

3. (UK)A humorous attempt to fool somebody; a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue.

   Streich, Schabernack

4. The phase of making a pitch where the pitcher moves his or her arm backwards before throwing the ball.

5. A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly.

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