单词 | winkle |
释义 | winklen. 1. = periwinkle n.2 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > shell-fish or mollusc > whelk, winkle, or cockle whelkc725 cockOE cockle1311 winkle1585 cuckolda1757 wink1851 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Littorinidae > member of genus Littorina (periwinkle) periwinkle1530 winkle1585 wrinkle1589 pin-patch1694 wink1851 Littorina1857 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 65/2 Cochlea,..a Wincle: a periwincle or cockle. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xxxix. 218 Lisards, (deadly enemies to the Snailes or Winkles above named). 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 727 Stones like unto sea winkles or cockles and other sea fish. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 601 It is called Concha..because it is like a Winkle or Periwinkle. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxi. 272 The very winkle of your country in his shelly lair. 1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. vii. 60 A typical family..lives before the public on a nutriment of winkles and gin. 2. slang (chiefly juveniles'). The penis (of a young boy). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] > penis weapona1000 tarsec1000 pintleOE cock?c1335 pillicock?c1335 yard1379 arrowa1382 looma1400 vergea1400 instrumentc1405 fidcocka1475 privya1500 virile member (or yard)?1541 prickc1555 tool1563 pillock1568 penis1578 codpiece1584 needle1592 bauble1593 dildo1597 nag1598 virility1598 ferret1599 rubigo?a1600 Jack1604 mentula1605 virge1608 prependent1610 flute1611 other thing1628 engine1634 manhood1640 cod1650 quillity1653 rammer1653 runnion1655 pego1663 sex1664 propagator1670 membrum virile1672 nervea1680 whore-pipe1684 Roger1689 pudding1693 handle?1731 machine1749 shaft1772 jock1790 poker1811 dickyc1815 Johnny?1833 organ1833 intromittent apparatus1836 root1846 Johnson1863 Peter1870 John Henry1874 dickc1890 dingusc1890 John Thomasc1890 old fellowc1890 Aaron's rod1891 dingle-dangle1893 middle leg1896 mole1896 pisser1896 micky1898 baby-maker1902 old man1902 pecker1902 pizzle1902 willy1905 ding-dong1906 mickey1909 pencil1916 dingbatc1920 plonkerc1920 Johna1922 whangera1922 knob1922 tube1922 ding1926 pee-pee1927 prong1927 pud1927 hose1928 whang1928 dong1930 putz1934 porkc1935 wiener1935 weenie1939 length1949 tadger1949 winkle1951 dinger1953 winky1954 dork1961 virilia1962 rig1964 wee-wee1964 Percy1965 meat tool1966 chopper1967 schlong1967 swipe1967 chode1968 trouser snake1968 ding-a-ling1969 dipstick1970 tonk1970 noonies1972 salami1977 monkey1978 langer1983 wanker1987 1951 E. Partridge Dict. Slang Add. 1223/2 Winkle, n., penis: children's, (young) schoolboys': late C. 19–20. 1970 Guardian 3 Feb. 8 I was mildly troubled by the insistence, especially of one headmaster, on the ‘proper names for things’. Penis is right and winkle is wrong. 1970 T. Hughes Crow 63 O do not chop his winkle off His Mammy cried. 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 78 ‘Thanks,’ he said to his (new) witch-like girlfriend as she handed him a joint so ill-made that it resembled a baby's winkle. Compounds winkle-picker n. slang a shoe with a long pointed toe. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > with specific shaped toes duck-bill1834 wing-tip1872 razor toe1895 point shoe1910 winkle-picker1960 1960 Spectator 15 Apr. 553 The incredibly pointed custom-built shoes in which teenagers keep other teenagers at arm's length... The shoes, called winklepickers, look like something out of Grimm's fairy tales. 1960 News Chron. 13 Sept. 5/3 The ‘winkle picker’ high heels and the high spirits have gone. 1978 C. Sykes in R. Buckle U & Non-U Revisited 57 The mass-produced variety, popularly known as ‘winkle-pickers’, were very ugly. 1980 Bulletin (Sydney) 6 May 5/3 I had the hairdo, the lairy shirt, the winkle-picker shoes. winkle-pin n. Military slang = bayonet n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > knife or dagger > [noun] > bayonet dagger1688 bayonet1704 fixed bayonet1802 ring bayonet1841 sword-bayonet1844 winkle-pin1924 spike1928 1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits (1926) 314 As his sergeant I had to check him for misusin' his winkle-pin on dirt. 1950 E. Partridge Here, There & Everywhere 62 The bayonet..has many names..[e.g.] winkle-pin. Derivatives ˈwinkling n. gerund ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for shellfish > for others clamming1636 cockling1790 periwinkling1841 five-fingering1889 winkling1898 ormering1903 quahogging1905 1898 Punch 20 Aug. 77/2 D'year as 'ow old Bob Osborne 'ave give up Shrimpin' an took ter Winklin'? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). winklev.1 dialect. intransitive. To emit light intermittently; to twinkle. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > sparkle or glitter twinklec888 shimc950 blika1000 glisec1000 glistenc1000 glista1225 glore13.. sparkc1300 glisterc1380 sparklec1386 spranklea1387 glittera1400 sprinklea1400 blikenc1400 glaster1447 springlec1460 sprangle1495 brandish1552 pink1589 scintillate1623 simper1633 twink1637 spangle1639 scintill1681 scintillize1694 prinkle1724 skinkle1765 winkle1791 coruscate1807 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 37 In vain the starry winkling gleam. 1807 J. Hogg Mountain Bard 63 What though she has twa little winkling een? They're better than nane. 1905 M. Barnes-Grundy Vacillations Hazel 198 The stars and planets twinkled and winkled, and sparkled and glittered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). winklev.2 colloquial (originally Military slang). trans. to winkle out: to extract or eject (as a winkle from its shell with a pin); to draw forth, find out or elicit. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)] > as by sifting, teasing, etc. tozec1450 to pick out1523 to bolt out1545 sift1592 pumpa1637 incern1656 probe1699 mole1856 to winkle out1942 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > sinuously or subtly sap1733 winkle1942 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > by force, effort, or contrivance to draw outOE outdrawlOE drawc1300 win out1362 out-wina1425 windc1535 extract1628 exact1647 exforcipatea1834 to winkle out1942 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 306 Winkle, to, to capture individual prisoners by stealth... Also,..to steal.] 1942 ‘M. Home’ House of Shade ii. 20 What's winkled you out at this goddam hour? 1943 People 31 Oct. 1/7 Methodically winkling the Germans out of their strongpoints. 1951 ‘M. Innes’ Operation Pax v. vi. 220 Until we winkle out this young man..you and I make not a bad team. 1958 J. Press Chequer'd Shade 4 It is illegitimate to compare the far-fetched conjectures of Eliot's commentators with the inside information which we might have winkled out of Donne. 1966 Listener 20 Jan. 111/3 It's the cunning of the interviewer that counts most of all, and certainly Mr. Muggeridge manages to winkle out some interesting bits and pieces. 1970 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 17 May 14/1 He could winkle out sin where no other man dreamed it existed. 1976 A. Eden Another World vii. 79 Hart's skills were in a sense wasted upon us, and he was at length winkled out to the advantage of a base hospital. Draft additions 1993 2. intransitive. to winkle one's way, to proceed by picking one's steps cautiously; hence, to worm one's way or insinuate oneself. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > effect forward movement in specific way > in other specific ways smell1608 to bore one's waya1705 slice1872 sing1890 nose1894 to bullock one's way1909 muscle1934 to winkle one's way1979 1979 K. M. Peyton Marion's Angels i. 18 The conductor was returning, followed by Pennington, who winkled his way to the Steinway round the delphiniums. 1989 Amer. Speech 64 260 Is it true that new words winkle their way into English at a fixed rate of 3000 each lustrum? 1991 Washington Times 4 Jan. b2/4 It is a talk show in the sense that he accepts calls, but these are finely screened. Rush is wary of those who winkle their way past the screener by pretending to be a Ditto. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1585v.11791v.21942 |
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