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1. (n.) winkle
any of various small marine gastropods, esp. a periwinkle.
2. (v.t.) winkle
to pry (something) out of a place (usu. fol. by out).
Etymology: (1575–85; short for periwinkle1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) periwinkle, winkle
small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
2. (verb) periwinkle, winkle
edible marine gastropod
3. (verb) twinkle, winkle, scintillate
emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
"Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
4. (verb) flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle
gleam or glow intermittently
"The lights were flashing"
5. (verb) winkle, winkle out
remove or displace from a position
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) winkle
any periwinkle
2. (noun) winkle
any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F. carica)
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. winkle
. See Rip Van Winkle.
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Sense: to force (something out of something) gradually and with difficulty
He winkled the shell out from the rock; He tried to winkle some information out of her.
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 Afrikaans: uitvis |
 Arabic: يُخْرِجُ شَيئا من فُتْحَة |
 Bulgarian: измъкам на сила |
 Brazilian: extrair |
 Czech: vydloubnout, vypáčit |
 German: herausziehen |
 Danish: lirke ud |
 Greek: βγάζω, αποσπώ |
 Spanish: extraer |
 Estonian: välja kookima |
 Farsi: مجبور کردن با سختی |
 Finnish: nyhtää |
 French: extraire |
 Hebrew: לְאָלֵץ לָצֵאת |
 Hindi: निकालना |
 Croatian: iščeprkati |
 Hungarian: kiszed |
 Indonesian: mencungkil |
 Icelandic: draga/losa (e-ð) út úr (e |
 Italian: estrarre |
 Japanese: 引っぱり出す |
 Korean: 도려내다 |
 Lithuanian: išgauti, išpešti |
 Latvian: izdabūt; izspiest; izvilk |
 Malay: mengorek; mencungkil |
 Dutch: lospeuteren |
 Norwegian: lirke noe ut av noen |
 Polish: wydobyć |
 Portuguese: extrair |
 Romanian: a extrage |
 Russian: выковыривать; выуживать |
 Slovak: vypáčiť |
 Slovenian: izvleči |
 Serbian: oterati |
 Swedish: peta fram (ut), lirka ur |
 Thai: เอาออกมาอย่างช้าและลำบาก |
 Turkish: zorla koparıp almak |
 Taiwanese: 費力移開，費勁取得 |
 Ukrainian: витискати |
 Urdu: کسی مقام سے نکالنا یا باہ |
 Vietnamese: tách dần ra |
 Chinese: 挑出，剔出 |
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