WINKLE

I. noun Etymology: by shortening Date: 1585 peri~ II, II. intransitive verb (~d; winkling) Etymology: frequentative of wink Date: 1791 t~ , III. transitive verb (~d; winkling) Etymology: 1~; from the process of extracting a ~ from its shell Date: 1918 to displace, remove, or evict from a position, to obtain or draw out by effort