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win·kle ¹  (wngkl)

n. Zoology

A periwinkle.

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winkle

Noun

an edible shellfish with a spirally coiled shell

Verb

[-kling, -kled]

winkle out Informal, chiefly Brit

a. to obtain (information) from someone who is not willing to provide it: try to winkle the real problem out of them

b. to coax or force out: he somehow managed to winkle him out of his room

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!"

Translations

winkle [ˈwɪŋkl] n → bígaro, bigarro

winkle [wɪŋkl] n → bigorneau m

winkle [wɪŋkl] n → Strandschnecke f

winkle [ˈwɪŋkl] n → litorina

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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 kaivaa ulos extraire לְאָלֵץ לָצֵאת निकालना iščeprkati kiszed mencungkil draga/losa (e-ð) út úr (e-u) estrarre 引っぱり出す ...을 도려내다; (정보 등을) 탐지해내다 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 逐出 витискати کسی مقام سے نکالنا یا باہر کر دینا tách dần ra 逐出