Definition of the works
1
: the moving parts of a machine
- the works of a clock
- The office used to be very efficient, but the new regulations have gummed up the works.
2
informal
: everything that there is to have or do : everything that is available
- They ordered a pizza with the works.
- When we went to New York, we visited the museums, did some shopping, saw some shows—the whole works.
