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win·kle 1
(wĭng′kəl)n. Zoology
A periwinkle.
win·kle 2
(wĭng′kəl)tr.v. win·kled, win·kling, win·kles Chiefly British
To pry, extract, or force from a place or position. Often used with out.
[From winkle (from the process of extracting periwinkles from their shells).]
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winkle
(ˈwɪŋkəl)n
(Animals) See periwinkle1
vb
(tr; usually foll by out, out of, etc) informal chiefly Brit to extract or prise out
[C16: shortened from periwinkle1]
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win•kle
(ˈwɪŋ kəl)n., v. -kled, -kling. Chiefly Brit. n.
1. any of various small marine gastropods, esp. a periwinkle.
v.t. 2. to pry (something) out of a place (usu. fol. by out).
[1575–85; short for periwinkle1]
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winkle
Past participle: winkled
Gerund: winkling
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| Noun | 1. | winkle - small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked winkle, periwinkle - edible marine gastropod seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc |
| 2. | winkle - edible marine gastropod seasnail - any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids genus Littorina, Littorina - type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles winkle, periwinkle - small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked | |
| Verb | 1. |  winkle - emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the sky beam, shine - emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" scintillate - give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" |
| 2. |  winkle - gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"radiate - cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating" | |
| 3. | winkle - remove or displace from a position |
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winkle
verbwinkle someone out force someone out, dislodge, extricate, smoke out, prise someone out He somehow managed to winkle Picard out of his room.
winkle something out extract, dig out, draw out, extricate, prise out, worm out They will go to any lengths to winkle out information.
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Translations
حَلَزون أو قَوْقَع بَحْرييُخْرِجُ شَيئا من فُتْحَةٍ ضَيِّقَه
lirke udstrandsnegl
draga/losa út úrfjörudoppa
izdabūtizspiestizvilktjūras gliemezis
deniz salyangozuzorla koparıp almak
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
winkle
n (Brit) → Strandschnecke f
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
winkle1
(ˈwiŋkl) verb to force (something out of something) gradually and with difficulty. He winkled the shell out from the rock; He tried to winkle some information out of her.
winkle2
(ˈwiŋkl) noun (also ˈperiwinkle (ˈperi-) ) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food.
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