winkle

win·kle ¹

 (wĭng′kəl)

n. Zoology

A periwinkle.

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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.

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[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

Imperative

winkle

winkle

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	winkle - small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked periwinkle winkle, periwinkle - edible marine gastropod seafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
	2.	winkle - edible marine gastropod periwinkle 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?" twinkle, scintillate 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" flash, twinkle, wink, blink flick, flicker - flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off" radiate - cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating"
	3.	winkle - remove or displace from a position winkle out get out, bring out - take out of a container or enclosed space; "Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!"

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winkle

verb

winkle 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

herausziehenStrandschnecke

extraire

draga/losa út úrfjörudoppa

chiocciola marinaestrarre

izdabūtizspiestizvilktjūras gliemezis

strandsnegle

deniz salyangozuzorla koparıp almak

剔出挑出食用螺

winkle

[ˈwɪŋkl]

A. N → bígaro m, bigarro m

B. VT to winkle a secret out of sb → sacar un secreto a algn

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winkle

[ˈwɪŋk^əl] n (British) → bigorneau m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

winkle

n (Brit) → Strandschnecke f

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winkle

[ˈwɪŋkl]

1. n → litorina

2. vt to winkle a secret out of sb → carpire un segreto a qn

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. uitvis يُخْرِجُ شَيئا من فُتْحَةٍ ضَيِّقَه измъкам на сила extrair vydloubnout, vypáčit herausziehen lirke ud βγάζω, αποσπώextraer välja kookima مجبور کردن با سختی nyhtää extraire לְאָלֵץ לָצֵאת निकालना iščeprkati kiszed mencungkil draga/losa (e-ð) út úr (e-u) estrarre 引っぱり出す 도려내다 išgauti, išpešti izdabūt; izspiest; izvilkt (noslēpumu) mengorek; mencungkil lospeuterenlirke noe ut av noenwydobyć extrair a ex­trage выковыривать; выуживать vypáčiť izvleči oterati peta fram (ut), lirka ur เอาออกมาอย่างช้าและลำบาก zorla koparıp almak 費力移開，費勁取得 витискати کسی مقام سے نکالنا یا باہر کر دینا tách dần ra 挑出，剔出

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winkle²

(ˈwiŋkl) noun

(also ˈperiwinkle (ˈperi-) ) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food. arikreukel حَلَزون أو قَوْقَع بَحْري морски охлюв caramujo druh mořského plže die Strandschnecke strandsnegl θαλασσινό σαλιγκάρι bígaro ranniklane حلزون خوراکى rantakotilo bigorneau שַׁבּלוּל יַם एक तरह का घोंघा ugr, nanara parti csiga kepah fjörudoppa たまきび貝 총알고둥류 jūros sraigė jūras gliemezis sejenis siput laut yang boleh dimakan alikruikstrandsnegle !!pobrzeżek búzio scoică морская улитка (druh morského ulitníka) breženka vrsta morskog puža strandsnäcka หอยโข่ง deniz salyangozu 峨螺 літорина ایک قسم کی جھینگا مچھلی جو کھاءی جاتی ہے ốc mút 食用螺

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