windup

/ˈwaɪndˌʌp/

Other forms: windups

In baseball, the arm and body movements a pitcher makes just before throwing the ball are collectively called the windup. Sports announcers repeat this phrase throughout baseball games: "Here's the windup...and the pitch!"

You can also use windup to mean "conclusion." At the windup of a lengthy meeting, everyone will collect their papers and laptops, and several people will yawn and stretch. The windup of a political campaign might include one last speech and a full-page ad in a newspaper, just before the election. This is the oldest meaning of windup, dating from the 16th century. As an adjective, windup can mean "operated by a mechanism," like a windup toy.

Definitions of windup

1. noun

   a concluding action
   synonyms: closing, completion, culmination, mop up

   types:

   consummation

   the act of bringing to completion or fruition

   consummation

   the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse

   finish, finishing

   the act of finishing

   finalisation, finalization

   the act of finalizing

   follow-through

   carrying some project or intention to full completion

   follow-through

   the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion

   graduation

   the successful completion of a program of study

   fruition, realisation, realization

   something that is made real or concrete

   fulfillment, fulfilment

   the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc)

   close, closing curtain, finale, finis

   the concluding part of any performance

   type of:

   conclusion, ending, termination

   the act of ending something
2. adjective

   operated by a mechanism
   “windup toys”

   synonyms:

   mechanical

   using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
3. noun

   (baseball) the series of motions made by a pitcher prior to releasing a pitch
   type of:

   motility, motion, move, movement

   a change of position that does not entail a change of location