winkle
Plural: winkles
Noun
- small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
- edible marine gastropod
- 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 canaliculatus or Busycon carica.
- The penis, especially that of a child rather than that of an adult.
Verb
Verb Forms: winkled, winkling, winkles
- To extract or remove something with difficulty or effort.
- emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
- "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
- gleam or glow intermittently
- remove or displace from a position
- Synonym of winkle out (“to acquire or extract with difficulty”).
Examples
- He had to WINKLE out the correct word from his convoluted rack of letters.
Origin / Etymology
Short for periwinkle.
Synonyms
blink, flash, periwinkle, scintillate, twinkle, wink, winkle out, Busycon canaliculata, Fulgar carica, oyster drill
Scrabble Score: 13
winkle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwinkle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
winkle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary