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🏁 The ending 🤖 Operated by winding
windup

windup

4.4
Works when you turn a key to move a spring
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɪnˌdʌp/
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  • The old-fashioned windup alarm clock rang loudly every morning.

Examples

  • One of her favorite childhood toys was a little windup duck that waddled across the floor.

  • The windup toy danced across the table.

  • He gave his nephew a windup robot for his birthday.

  • I love my new windup music box.

  • He gave his nephew a windup robot for his birthday.

  • One of her favorite childhood toys was a little windup duck that waddled across the floor.

  • The old-fashioned windup alarm clock rang loudly every morning.

How Powered

electric
490 2.1
windup
4.4
manual
101 3.8

Surface Forms

windup positive

Morphology

windup = wind + up (transparent) = wind + up

Directly describes an item that is operated by winding (turning) a mechanism; meaning follows straightforwardly from 'wind' + 'up'.

Etymology

Windup (adjective) comes from the verb wind, which means 'to turn' a key or handle to give power to a spring. So a windup toy is one you make move by turning it first.