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win·kle (wiŋ′kəl)

noun

  1. periwinkle
  2. any of various gastropod mollusks that are very destructive to oysters and clams
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win·kle (wiŋ′kəl)

transitive verb winkled -·kled, winkling -·kling

Informal to pry or rout from cover, secrecy, etc.: with out, out of, etc.

Etymology: < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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