wintle

[win-tl]

win·tle

[win-tl] noun, verb, win·tled, win·tling. Scot.
noun
1.
a rolling or staggering motion.
verb (used without object)
2.
to roll or swing back and forth.
3.
to tumble over; capsize.

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Wintle is one of our favorite verbs.
So is skedaddle. Does it mean:
to bark; yelp.
to run away hurriedly; flee.

Origin:
1775–85; < early Dutch windtelen (Dutch wentelen) to revolve, frequentative of winden to wind2
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