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win·kle ¹  (wngkl)

n. Zoology

A periwinkle.

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win·kle ²  (wngkl)

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 [ˈwɪŋk^əl]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) See periwinkle¹

vb

(tr; usually foll by out, out of, etc.) Informal chiefly Brit to extract or prise out

[shortened from periwinkle¹]

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.

Translations

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

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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

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winkle [ˈwɪŋkl]

1. n → litorina

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

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winkle¹

v winkle [ˈwiŋkl]

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 vydloubnout, vypáčit lirke ud herausziehen βγάζω, αποσπώ extraer 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 lospeuteren lirke noe ut av noen wydobyć 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 逐出

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winkle²

n winkle [ˈwiŋkl]

(alsoˈperiwinkleˈperi-) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food. arikreukel حَلَزون أو قَوْقَع بَحْري морски охлюв druh mořského plže strandsnegl die Strandschnecke 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 alikruik strandsnegle pobrzeżek búzio scoică морская улитка (druh morského ulitníka) breženka vrsta morskog puža strandsnäcka หอยชนิดหนึ่งตามริมฝั่งทะเล รับประทานได้ deniz salyangozu 峨螺 літорина ایک قسم کی جھینگا مچھلی جو کھاءی جاتی ہے ốc mút 食用螺