WINKLE

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (Littorinidae): oyster drill

• (Busycon and Busycotypus spp.): Fulgar carica, Busycon canaliculata

• (childish: the penis): See also penis

Verb

winkle (third-person singular simple present winkles, present participle winkling, simple past and past participle winkled)

To extract.

Anagrams

• Wilken, welkin

Proper noun

Winkle (plural Winkles)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Winkle is the 8131^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4077 individuals. Winkle is most common among White (93.7%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Wilken, welkin

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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