climax vs wind-up

climax

noun
  • The final term of a rhetorical climax. 

  • A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order. 

  • The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm. 

  • A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series 

  • The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point. 

  • The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment. 

verb
  • To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense). 

wind-up

noun
  • The end or conclusion of something. 

  • A punch line of a joke or comedy routine. 

  • The phase of making a pitch where the pitcher moves his or her arm backwards before throwing the ball. 

  • A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly. 

  • A humorous attempt to fool somebody, a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue. 

adj
  • Needing to be wound up in order to function. 

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