WINKLE


Meaning of WINKLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwɪŋkl ]

n. & v. --n. any edible marine gastropod mollusc of the genus Littorina; a periwinkle. --v.tr. (foll. by out) esp. Brit. extract or eject (winkled the information out of them). øwinkle-picker sl. a shoe with a long pointed toe. øøwinkler n. [abbr. of PERIWINKLE(2): cf. WIG(1)]

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