Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A dialectal variant of
wankle . - noun Same as
periwinkle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any periwinkle.
- noun Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (
Fulgar canaliculata , andFulgar carica ). - noun a European spinose marine shell (
Murex erinaceus ). SeeIllust. ofMurex .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any one of various
marine spiralgastropods , especially, in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata and F. carica). - noun The
penis , especially that of a boy rather than that of a man.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb gleam or glow intermittently
- verb remove or displace from a position
- noun small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
- noun edible marine gastropod
- verb emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
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Examples
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June 21st, 2006 at 6: 12 pm oldtree says: and the turd hagel voted against protecting our soldiers again today likes war hates our troops this piece of garbage doesn’t know upon whom to practice fellatio unless instructed and this winkle is against catchy phrases? why? because he didn’t make them up? war criminal
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Nathless, my little sweetheart L2, is jolly unhappy; my 'little boy', who one day will out-rank the naughty 'Iron-Duke' - who should remember that on a number of occasions I did his bath-time - yes, I remember a tiny little 'winkle', a very tiny little 'winkle' actually, that simply would not stand-up to be washed.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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By that account, Capello and his staff were not trying to winkle the 31‑year‑old midfielder out of Anfield at all costs since they were doubtful that he could be of service after failing to start a match for six months following surgery.
Fabio Capello's chance to leave an England legacy tinged with optimism | Kevin McCarra 2011
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Ilona loves him too much; she wants to possess him completely, to winkle out "the secret of his soul."
A Hungarian Novelist's Literature of Fidelity Eric Ormsby 2011
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• Meanwhile, efforts to winkle out the Financial Services Authority's report on the near-collapse of RBS have been thwarted so far by the lofty insistence of the FSA chairman, Lord Adair Turner, that publication would "add little, if anything, to our understanding" of the crisis.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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For those of you that haven't been following the budget series, this is our ongoing attempt to winkle out the best places to eat for under £10 a head, in various locations across Britain.
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It was a close-run thing with five first‑rate goals before Laurance Wilson, the Shrimps' left-back, hit a Rovers post, then headed an inviting corner over and Jason Price, in added time, shot at Scott Bevan in Rovers' goal with time to pick his spot and winkle out a point.
Morecambe and rise for Jim Bentley at Globe Arena | Jeremy Alexander 2011
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Maybe it has to be read five or six or ten times before the reader can winkle out all the tricks.
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That they use tools we've known about for ages – sticks to winkle grubs out of holes, rocks to break shells etc.
TV review: Super Smart Animals; Roger & Val Have Just Got In 2012
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They had to get a short stick by pulling up a string, use that stick to winkle out a long stick from a toolbox, and then use the long stick to extract food from a hole.
mollusque commented on the word winkle
He argue-bargues with you like a winkle that won't come out of its shell.
--William F. De Morgan, 1906, Joseph Vance
November 8, 2007
plethora commented on the word winkle
Nursie: "You almost were a boy, my little cherry pip.."
Queenie: "What?"
Nursie: "Yeah, out you popped out of you mummy's tumkin and everyone shouted, 'It's a boy! It's a boy!', then somebody said, 'but he doesn't have a winkle.' Then, I said, 'A boy without a winkle? God be praised it's a miracle: a boy without a winkle!' And then, Sir Thomas Moore pointed out that a boy without a winkle is a girl. And everyone was really disappointed.."
-- Blackadder, Season Two, Episode 1: Bells
July 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word winkle
This was my sister's kitten's name when I was a kid. It was named after a ski-lift somewhere near Engelberg in Switzerland. The originally spelling was probably Winkel but I always thought of it as Winkle.
July 19, 2008
frogapplause commented on the word winkle
This word saved my life today.
December 9, 2008
mollusque commented on the word winkle
How so, frogapplause?
December 9, 2008
bilby commented on the word winkle
See here.
December 9, 2008
sionnach commented on the word winkle
I wouldn't put a tiggy-winkle in the Xerox.
Ein geschenktes Schwein wirft man nicht im* Rhein
Was der Zigeuner nicht kennt wird im Feuer verbrennt.
*: yeah, it probably should be 'in den'. Poetic license bitches! Sue me.
December 9, 2008
dontcry commented on the word winkle
Wee Willie Winkle
Runs through the town
Upstairs, downstairs, in his nightgown
Tapping at the window, crying through the lock
Are the children in their beds?
It’s now eight o’clock!
*doesn't quite know where to begin...*
December 9, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word winkle
"A genuine Clarence Elliott widger - an invaluable pocket gadget for innumerable uses in the Garden and elsewhere -- widging out small weeds, or dibbing in seedlings, or even winkling open the morning mail." Advertisement in the British agricultural quarterly The Countryman, Autumn, 1957, p. 407.
October 2, 2009