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Meanings of winkle in English

Catalan
llampegar
Spanish
titilar

Gleam or glow intermittently.

        llampegar
        Catalan
        cargolí

        Small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked.

              cargolí

              Remove or displace from a position.

                    Usage of winkle in English
                    1
                    Mrs. Tiggy-winkle ironed it, and goffered it, and shook out the frills.
                    A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
                    2
                    I will winkle out the secrets of this maze in no time!
                    Stonewielder
                    3
                    I had to winkle out this information from many different sources.
                    The Irish Times
                    4
                    In an almost comic few moments Kildare managed to winkle the ball clear.
                    The Irish Times
                    5
                    Like we needed a survey to winkle out such groundbreaking news.
                    The Irish Times
                    6
                    If he stayed, she would winkle his deepest thoughts from him.
                    The viscount and the virgin
                    7
                    THEN Mrs. Tiggy-winkle made tea-a cup for herself and a cup for Lucie.
                    A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories
                    8
                    It's why Mrs. Tiggy-winkle was so good at moving across.
                    One of our Thursdays is missing
                    9
                    I recognized Emperor Zhark and a large hedgepig that could only be Mrs. Tiggy-winkle.
                    One of our Thursdays is missing
                    10
                    See if you can winkle it out of him, Peabody.
                    A river in the sky
                    11
                    Then winkle them out of their pyramids on some pretext.
                    A Dance with Dragons
                    12
                    She'd winkle it out, and then where would you be?
                    To the blight: the eye of the world
                    13
                    It took some time to winkle the details out of Jamie-andno wonder, Ian thought.
                    Dangerous Women
                    14
                    Ned wished he were here now, to winkle the truth out of this damnable book.
                    A Game of Thrones
                    15
                    She's been exhausting me, trying to winkle school memories out of me for that play.
                    Unfinished desires: a novel
                    16
                    If it's bugging you, you can winkle it out of Lydecker when we get back.
                    The Complete Alien Omnibus
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                    Translations for winkle
                    Winkle through the time