winkle

noun

🔊/ˈwɪŋkl/

(British English)

(also periwinkle North American English, British English)

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a small shellfish, like a snail, that can be eaten滨螺，蛾螺，玉黍螺（可食用）Topics Fish and shellfishc2
Word Originlate 16th cent.: shortening of periwinkle sense 2.

verb

🔊/ˈwɪŋkl/

(British English, informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they winkle	🔊/ˈwɪŋkl/ 🔊/ˈwɪŋkl/
he / she / it winkles	🔊/ˈwɪŋklz/ 🔊/ˈwɪŋklz/
past simple winkled	🔊/ˈwɪŋkld/ 🔊/ˈwɪŋkld/
past participle winkled	🔊/ˈwɪŋkld/ 🔊/ˈwɪŋkld/
-ing form winkling	🔊/ˈwɪŋklɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈwɪŋklɪŋ/

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