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win·kle

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l] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -kled, -kling. British

–noun

1.	any of various marine gastropods; periwinkle.

–verb (used with object)

2.	Informal. to pry (something) out of a place, as winkle meat is dug out of its shell with a pin (usually fol. by out).

[Origin: 1575–85; short for periwinkle

]

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win·kle¹ Audio Help (wĭng'kəl) Pronunciation Key
n. Zoology
A periwinkle.

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win·kle² Audio Help (wĭng'kəl) Pronunciation Key
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 winkle¹ (from the process of extracting periwinkles from their shells).]

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winkle

edible mollusk, 1585, shortening of periwinkle (2).

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winkle
noun
1.	small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked [syn: periwinkle]
2.	edible marine gastropod [syn: periwinkle]
verb
1.	emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" [syn: twinkle]
2.	gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" [syn: flash]
3.	remove or displace from a position

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winkle [ˈwiŋkl] verb

to force (something out of something) gradually and with difficulty
Example: He winkled the shell out from the rock; He tried to winkle some information out of her.

Arabic:	يُخْرِجُ شَيئا من فُتْحَةٍ ضَيِّقَه
Chinese (Simplified):	逐出
Chinese (Traditional):	逐出
Czech:	vydloubnout, vypáčit
Danish:	lirke ud
Dutch:	lospeuteren
Estonian:	välja kookima
Finnish:	kaivaa ulos
French:	extraire
German:	herausziehen
Greek:	βγάζω, αποσπώ
Hungarian:	kiszed
Icelandic:	draga, *losa (e-ð) út úr (e-u)
Indonesian:	mencungkil
Japanese:	引っぱり出す

Korean:	…을 도려내다; (정보 등을) 탐지해내다
Latvian:	izdabūt; izspiest; izvilkt (noslēpumu)
Lithuanian:	išgauti, išpešti
Norwegian:	lirke noe ut av noen
Polish:	wydobyć
Portuguese (Brazil):	extrair
Portuguese (Portugal):	extrair
Romanian:	a extrage
Russian:	выковыривать; выуживать
Slovak:	vypáčiť
Slovenian:	izvleči
Spanish:	extraer
Swedish:	peta fram (ut), lirka ur
Turkish:	zorla koparıp almak

winkle [ˈwiŋkl] noun

(also ˈperiwinkle ˈperi-) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food

Arabic:	حَلَزون أو قَوْقَع بَحْري
Chinese (Simplified):	食用螺
Chinese (Traditional):	食用螺
Czech:	druh mořského plže
Danish:	strandsnegl
Dutch:	alikruik
Estonian:	ranniklane
Finnish:	kotilo
French:	bigorneau
German:	die Strandschnecke
Greek:	θαλασσινό σαλιγκάρι
Hungarian:	parti csiga
Icelandic:	fjörudoppa
Indonesian:	kepah
Japanese:	たまきび貝

Korean:	고둥
Latvian:	jūras gliemezis
Lithuanian:	jūros sraigė
Norwegian:	strandsnegle
Polish:	!!pobrzeżek
Portuguese (Brazil):	búzio
Portuguese (Portugal):	búzio
Romanian:	scoică
Russian:	морская улитка
Slovak:	(druh morského ulitníka)
Slovenian:	breženka
Spanish:	bígaro
Swedish:	strandsnäcka
Turkish:	deniz salyangozu

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Winkle

Per"i*win`kle\, n. [From AS. pinewincla a shellfish, in which pine- is fr. L. pina, pinna, a kind of mussel, akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Winkle.] (Zo["o]l.) Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina.

Note: In America the name is often applied to several large univalves, as Fulgur carica, and F. canaliculata.

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