The word winkle is short for periwinkle, the name of a marine or freshwater snail. Periwinkle is ultimately derived from Latin pina, the name of a mussel, and Old English wincle, a snail shell.

The common periwinkle or winkle (Littorina littorea) is a species of small edible whelk or sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc that has gills and an operculum, and is classified within the family …

Van Winkle, a surname and a list of people with the surname; William Te Winkle (born 1954), American politician; Bobby Winkles (born 1930), American former Major League Baseball …

winkle - emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"

Any new ceasefire must also mean an end to winkling people out from their homes and farms, and an end to the boycotts. They use harassment to winkle out the sitting tenant and obtain …

WINKLE definition: to extract or prise out | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

The earliest known use of the noun winkle is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for winkle is from 1585, in a translation by John Higgins, poet and linguist. winkle is formed within …

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to pry (something) out of a place, as winkle meat is dug out of its shell with a pin (usually followed by out ).

WINKLE meaning: 1 : to use a lot of effort to get (information) from a person; 2 : to remove (someone or something) from (a place or position) by using a lot of effort