What is the meaning of WIND UP. Phrases containing WIND UP
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The direction and velocity of the wind as observed from the deck of a moving vessel. See "Wind over the Deck".
Put the wind up is British slang for to scare.
A wind at right angles to the vessel's course.
Jenny Lind is London Cockney rhyming slang for wind.
Verb. 1. To infuriate. Pronounced as in wind up a clock. 2. To tell lies or joke at the expense of the recipient. Noun. An act of lying or joking.
To tease, for example by telling a false story designed to elicit a particular reaction, for example telling someone in a block of high rise flats that their lifts were to be disabled to encourage fitness in the block inhabitants. (in this case "wind" rhymes with "mind").
Noun. A person who 'winds-up' regularly.
Wink is Dorset slang for to wind. Wink is Dorset slang for to winch.Wink is Dorset slang for a motor vehicle starter handle.
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superl.
Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines.
v. i.
To turn completely or repeatedly; to become coiled about anything; to assume a convolved or spiral form; as, vines wind round a pole.
n.
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds.
v. t.
To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of breath.
v. t.
To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to wind a rope with twine.
superl.
Next the wind; windward.
v.
Memory; remembrance; recollection; as, to have or keep in mind, to call to mind, to put in mind, etc.
a.
Having the taste or qualities of wine; vinous; as, grapes of a winy taste.
n.
A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.
v. i.
To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
superl.
Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.
a.
Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.
v. t.
To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
v. t.
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
a.
Windy; generating wind.
n.
Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind.
superl.
Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind.
n.
A horse given to wind-sucking
superl.
Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
n.
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows.
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