Crossword clues for winkle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Winkle \Win"kle\, n. [AS. wincle.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any periwinkle.
--Holland.-
Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar ( Fulgar canaliculata, and Fulgar carica).
Note: These are large mollusks which often destroy large numbers of oysters by drilling their shells and sucking their blood.
Sting winkle, a European spinose marine shell ( Murex erinaceus). See Illust. of Murex.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
edible mollusk, 1580s, shortening of periwinkle (n.2).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A periwinkle or its shell, of family ''(taxlink Littorinidae family noshow=1)''. 2 Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species (taxlink Busycotypus canaliculata species noshow=1) and (taxlink Busycon carica species noshow=1). vb. to extract
WordNet
n. small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked [syn: periwinkle]
edible marine gastropod [syn: periwinkle]
v. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" [syn: twinkle, scintillate]
gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" [syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle]
remove or displace from a position [syn: winkle out]
Wikipedia
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Usage examples of "winkle".
He had eaten a pint of winkles and drunk several glasses of warm, malty beer, and he was pressed up against Nora Dempster, a pleasant person to be squashed by.
Commander Van Winkle and Sergeant Major Parant of the infantry battalion intercepted him.
He looked at the other officers and senior NCOs on the platform, pivoted, and marched out of the compartment with Van Winkle, Parant, and Shiro following.
Commander Van Winkle, Sergeant Major Parant, Captain Conorado, Top Myer, some buddies from other platoons the men might bring as guests.
Commander Van Winkle, Sergeant Major Shiro, and Sergeant Major Parant, also guests of honor, were right in there with the rest of them, shouting and whistling and stamping their feet.
Major Shiro, get Commander Van Winkle and Sergeant Major Parant up here fast, and all of you come in to see me.
While van Winkle began briefing their commander, Daana popped the data crystal into a console so the recon and UAV squad leaders could study the maps and life data during the briefing, then joined in with the infantry commander.
I undertook solitary terrifying voyages, hardly knowing my clutch from my elbow, driving down to Bernalillo, up to Farm-ington, over to the Rio Puerco country, even making a vast expedition out to Hopi, going to all sorts of places where, in violation of local archaeological ordinances, the farmers raid unexcavated ruined pueblos and winkle out salable merchandise.
As historians institutionalized themselves into an academic profession, they came to believe conscientious research in the archives could confer dispassion: the prerequisite for winkling out the mysterious truths of cause and effect.
Our little entourage brought folk popping out of their houses like winkles on pins, mouths agape.
Along with distributing promotion warrants, Van Winkle would pin these medals on the new lance corporals, corporals, sergeants, and staff sergeants.
Gull would be flying back to Elephant Lagoon to winkle out those sacks of guilders and those bars of gold from whatever nook or cranny Sir Francis had tucked them into.
Emily wanted to stop for mussels and winkles at the shellfish stand, then for lemonade at a nearby cafe, claiming she was hungry and thirsty, and in a burst of willfulness she stamped her foot.
The greatest change a suddenly awakened Rip Van Winkle would have noticed was a hushed expectancy, a mental glancing-over-the-shoulder, as mankind waited for the Overlords to show themselves and to step down from their gleaming ships.
Sturgeon ordered van Winkle to get the rest of his battalion in position to sweep through the swamp and the squadron to get all its Raptors into the sky in case the Marines in the mud needed support.