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winkle
win·kle 1 W0178100 (wĭng′kəl)n. Zoology A periwinkle.
win·kle 2 W0178100 (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.
[From winkle (from the process of extracting periwinkles from their shells).]winkle (ˈwɪŋkəl) n (Animals) See periwinkle1vb (tr; usually foll by out, out of, etc) informal chiefly Brit to extract or prise out[C16: shortened from periwinkle1]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] winkle
Past participle: winkled
Gerund: winkling
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| I winkle | | you winkle | | he/she/it winkles | | we winkle | | you winkle | | they winkle |
| Preterite |
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| I winkled | | you winkled | | he/she/it winkled | | we winkled | | you winkled | | they winkled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am winkling | | you are winkling | | he/she/it is winkling | | we are winkling | | you are winkling | | they are winkling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have winkled | | you have winkled | | he/she/it has winkled | | we have winkled | | you have winkled | | they have winkled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was winkling | | you were winkling | | he/she/it was winkling | | we were winkling | | you were winkling | | they were winkling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had winkled | | you had winkled | | he/she/it had winkled | | we had winkled | | you had winkled | | they had winkled |
| Future |
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| I will winkle | | you will winkle | | he/she/it will winkle | | we will winkle | | you will winkle | | they will winkle |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have winkled | | you will have winkled | | he/she/it will have winkled | | we will have winkled | | you will have winkled | | they will have winkled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be winkling | | you will be winkling | | he/she/it will be winkling | | we will be winkling | | you will be winkling | | they will be winkling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been winkling | | you have been winkling | | he/she/it has been winkling | | we have been winkling | | you have been winkling | | they have been winkling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been winkling | | you will have been winkling | | he/she/it will have been winkling | | we will have been winkling | | you will have been winkling | | they will have been winkling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been winkling | | you had been winkling | | he/she/it had been winkling | | we had been winkling | | you had been winkling | | they had been winkling |
| Conditional |
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| I would winkle | | you would winkle | | he/she/it would winkle | | we would winkle | | you would winkle | | they would winkle |
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| I would have winkled | | you would have winkled | | he/she/it would have winkled | | we would have winkled | | you would have winkled | | they would have winkled |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | winkle - small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or bakedperiwinklewinkle, periwinkle - edible marine gastropodseafood - edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc | | 2. | winkle - edible marine gastropodperiwinkleseasnail - any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritidsgenus Littorina, Littorina - type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkleswinkle, 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, scintillatecelestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the skybeam, 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, blinkflick, 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 positionwinkle outget out, bring out - take out of a container or enclosed space; "Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!" |
winkle verbwinkle 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.Translationswinkle1 (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. 費力移開，費勁取得 挑出，剔出
winkle2 (ˈwiŋkl) noun (also ˈperiwinkle (ˈperi-) ) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food. 峨螺 食用螺EncyclopediaSeeperiwinklewinkle
winkle a gastropod MOLLUSC of the genus Littorina. winkle
Related to winkle: whirlpool, twinkle, tinkleSynonyms for winklephrase winkle someone outSynonyms- force someone out
- dislodge
- extricate
- smoke out
- prise someone out
phrase winkle something outSynonyms- extract
- dig out
- draw out
- extricate
- prise out
- worm out
Synonyms for winklenoun small edible marine snailSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun edible marine gastropodSynonymsRelated Words- seasnail
- genus Littorina
- Littorina
- winkle
- periwinkle
verb emit or reflect light in a flickering mannerSynonymsRelated Words- celestial body
- heavenly body
- beam
- shine
- scintillate
verb gleam or glow intermittentlySynonymsRelated Wordsverb remove or displace from a positionSynonymsRelated Words |