Winkle - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈwɪŋkl|
Brit.
|ˈwɪŋk(ə)l|
noun
- small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked (syn: periwinkle)
- edible marine gastropod (syn: periwinkle)
- edible marine gastropod (syn: periwinkle)
verb
- emit or reflect light in a flickering manner (syn: scintillate, twinkle)
- remove or displace from a position
Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
- gleam or glow intermittently (syn: blink, flash, twinkle, wink)- remove or displace from a position
Extra examples
Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
...Rip Van Winkle went off into the mountains to escape his wife, a shrew who made his life miserable....
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: winkle
he/she/it: winkles
present participle: winkling
past tense: winkled
past participle: winkled
I/you/we/they: winkle
he/she/it: winkles
present participle: winkling
past tense: winkled
past participle: winkled
noun
singular: winkle
plural: winkles
singular: winkle
plural: winkles
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