winkle
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kəl 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 followed by out ).
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winkle (ˈwɪŋkəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See periwinkle |
| —vb | |
| 2. | informal chiefly (Brit) (tr; |
| [C16: shortened from | |
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Winkle
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is skedaddle. Does it mean:
| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
| to spend time idly; loaf. |
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Example sentences
Winkle appealed again, arguing the sentence was an improper indeterminate sentence.
Barnacles and oysters have started to settle on them, and crab and winkle trails crisscross the sediment.
Winkle is actually a swamp folk and a relation of tony by ancestors.
Winkle and his daughter wendy were coughing because they lacked immunity.
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