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win·kle
/
ˈwɪŋ
kəl
/
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[
wing
-k
uh
l
]
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noun,
verb,
win·kled,
win·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 followed by
out
).
Origin:
1575–85;
short for
periwinkle
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winkle
(ˈwɪŋk
ə
l)
—
n
1.
See
periwinkle
—
vb
2.
informal
chiefly
(
Brit
) (
tr;
usually foll by
out, out of,
etc
) to extract or prise out
[C16: shortened from
periwinkle
1
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
winkle
edible mollusk, 1585, shortening of
periwinkle
(2).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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