Winkle meaning

wĭng'kəl

A periwinkle.

noun

To pry, extract, or force from a place or position. Often used with out.

verb

noun

Any of various gastropod mollusks that are very destructive to oysters and clams.

noun

To pry or rout from cover, secrecy, etc.

verb

A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.

noun

Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculata and Busycon carica.

noun

(children's slang) The penis, especially that of a boy rather than that of a man.

noun

From winkle (from the process of extracting periwinkles from their shells)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Short for periwinkle.

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