wind-up

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

wind-up [wind-up wind-ups] adjective, noun BrE [ˈwaɪnd ʌp] NAmE [ˈwaɪnd ʌp]
adjective only before noun
1. that you operate by turning a key or handle
•an old-fashioned wind-up gramophone
2. intended to bring sth to an end
•a wind-up speech
 
noun (BrE, informal)
something that sb says or does in order to be deliberately annoying, especially as a joke
•Is this a wind-up?