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Winkle Very Common

Winkle has 8 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked

2

edible marine gastropod

3

A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.

Verb
1

emit or reflect light in a flickering manner

"Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"

2

gleam or glow intermittently

"The lights were flashing"

3

remove or displace from a position

4

Synonym of winkle out (“to acquire or extract with difficulty”)

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

See Also
winkled littorinidae marine winkle out penis wrinkle periwinkle winkles
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
seafood seasnail shine radiate bring out
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
flicker
Rhyming Words
eckle ickle inkle dekle rickle fuckle turkle hinkle fickle pickle jeckle kinkle nickle cockle runkle mickle cankle finkle muckle tickle
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