Winkle

Quick meaning: Winkle is a noun meaning A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.

Meaning

A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.

More Meanings

1. (childish, slang) The penis, especially that of a child rather than that of an adult.
2. Synonym of winkle out (“to acquire or extract with difficulty”).
3. Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculatus or Busycon carica.

Example Sentences

There were also found fragments of the winkle (Fulgar carica).

After all, he didn't want his winkle to get so big it became unruly and unnatural.

In Connecticut, the so-called "winkle" chowder is made from B. [Busycon] canaliculatum.

Sometimes late at night men would come in with a pail of winkles they had bought cheap, and share them out.

Word Forms

• winkles
• winkling
• winkled

Synonyms for winkle

Depending on context, synonyms include blink, twinkle, scintillate, periwinkle, flash, wink.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include periwinkle, wink, blink, scintillate, twinkle, flash.

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