windup as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
windup
noun
1 windup
A concluding action.
synonyms: closing, completion, culmination, mop up.
Roget 284:
propulsion,
projection;
propelment†;
vis a tergo [Lat.],
force from behind;
push,
shove
etc.
(impulse)
276;
ejaculate;
ejection
etc.
297;
throw,
fling,
toss,
shot,
discharge,
shy;
launch,
release.
[Science of propulsion]
projectiles,
ballistics,
archery.
[devices to give propulsion]
propeller,
screw,
twin screws,
turbine,
jet engine.
[objects propelled]
missile,
projectile,
ball,
discus,
quoit,
brickbat,
shot;
[weapons which propel]
arrow,
gun,
ballista
etc.
(arms)
727†.
[preparation for propulsion]
countdown,
windup.
shooter;
shot;
archer,
toxophilite†;
bowman,
rifleman,
marksman;
good shot,
crack shot;
sharpshooter
etc.
(combatant)
726.
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Dutch: afronding, afwerking, bekroning, completering, voleinding, voltooiing
adjective
1 windup
Moby thesaurus: Z, apodosis, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, close, coda, completing, completion, conclusion, consummation, crack of doom, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, decease, denouement, destination, destiny, doom, effect, end, end point, ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, expiration, fate, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finis, finish, finishing, full development, goal, izzard, last, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, maturation, maturity, omega, payoff, perfection, period, peroration, quietus, resolution, resting place, ripeness, rounding off, rounding out, stoppage, stopping place, swan song, term, terminal, termination, terminus, topping off ... show more.
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