Synonyms for wind-up

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wahynd-uhp

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwaɪndˌʌp

Top 10 synonyms for wind-up

Other synonyms for the word wind-up

Définition of wind-up

As in breakup : noun end of relationship
As in closing : noun end
As in stopping point : noun end
As in terminus : noun end
As in consummation : noun achievement, fulfillment
As in finish : noun conclusion; completion

Example sentences :

Nothing like it has ever been seen at the wind-up of a five-mile race on the Euston track.
Extract from : « Cab and Caboose » by Kirk Munroe

I've often thought that would be my wind-up some of these fine days, to starve to death.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay » by G. Harvey Ralphson

As a wind-up to the season they'd taken her on a yachtin' trip up the coast.
Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford

They had scarce even waited for the wind-up of his harangue.
Extract from : « The Boy Slaves » by Mayne Reid

The wind-up of this little affair with the police was more amusing than the arrest.
Extract from : « My Life » by Josiah Flynt

Towards the wind-up the Yankee band struck up "Yankee Doodle."
Extract from : « Reminiscences of a Private » by Frank M. Mixson

The Hunt Dinner pictures the wind-up of a successful day's sport.
Extract from : « Rowlandson the Caricaturist. First Volume » by Joseph Grego

When he's tempted to get the "wind-up," he glances down at the patch on his arm.
Extract from : « The Glory of the Trenches » by Coningsby Dawson

But since the incident at the wind-up of the bushbuck hunt the estrangement had widened.
Extract from : « The White Hand and the Black » by Bertram Mitford

His wind-up before delivering the ball was most bewildering.
Extract from : « Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager » by Burt L. Standish

Antonyms for wind-up

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