Sekirov Dictionary

winkle

/ˈwɪŋkəl/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun3

•
A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
- […] because the inward Eare is intorted like a winkle-shell, and hangeth as a bell in thee steeple of the body, it easily perceiueth all appulsions of the Ayre. — 1615
•
Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculatus or Busycon carica.
- There were also found fragments of the winkle (Fulgar carica). — 1912
•
(informal, slang) The penis, especially that of a child rather than that of an adult.
- After all, he didn't want his winkle to get so big it became unruly and unnatural. — 2004

verb1

Synonym of winkle out (“to acquire or extract with difficulty”).

forms

winkled · winkling · winkles

Phrases with winkle

winkle out
To acquire with difficulty, as by thorough scrutiny.

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