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ˈwound-up, a. [f. wound, pa. pple. of wind v.1 + up adv.] That has undergone winding up (see wind v.1 20 and 24).
1788J. Woodforde Diary 27 Nov. (1927) III. 68 Ben returned about 4 o'clock this Aft. completely wound up, eat no Dinner but went directly to sleep in a Chair. 1837Lever H. Lorrequer i, All were breathless in their wound-up anxiety to hear of their countryman. 1853Dickens Bleak Ho. xxxix, That..old gentleman is still murmuring, like some wound-up instrument running down. 1973A. Grey Some put their Trust in Chariots v. 22 The wound-up windows of the car. |