periwinkle, winkle
(noun) edible marine gastropod
periwinkle, winkle
(noun) small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
winkle, winkle out
(verb) remove or displace from a position
flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle
(verb) gleam or glow intermittently; “The lights were flashing”
twinkle, winkle, scintillate
(verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; “Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
winkle (plural winkles)
A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculata and Busycon carica.
(children's slang) The penis, especially that of a boy rather than that of a man.
• (Littorinidae): oyster drill
• (Busycon and Busycotypus spp.): Fulgar carica, Busycon canaliculata
• (childish: the penis): See also penis
winkle (third-person singular simple present winkles, present participle winkling, simple past and past participle winkled)
To extract.
• Wilken, welkin
Winkle (plural Winkles)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Winkle is the 8131st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4077 individuals. Winkle is most common among White (93.7%) individuals.
• Wilken, welkin
Source: Wiktionary
Win"kle, n. Etym: [AS. wincle.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any periwinkle. Holland. (b) Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F. carica).
Note: These are large mollusks which often destroy large numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking their blood. Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell (Murex erinaceus). See Illust. of Murex.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
