Definition for Winkle:

• emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; " Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"

Synonyms for Winkle:

• n.

  •
  • cockle,
  • cowrie,
  • cockleshell,
  • abalone,
  • barnacle,
  • bivalve,
  • conch,
  • crawfish,
  • clam,
  • crab.
  •animal (noun)
  • winkle,
  • periwinkle.
  •flash (noun)
  • flash.
  •scintillate (noun)
  • scintillate.
  •twinkle (noun)
  • twinkle.
  •wink (noun)
  • wink.
  •winkle (noun)
  • winkle out,
  • blink.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • scampi,
  • lobster,
  • squid,
  • octopus,
  • shellfish.
  •
  • shrimp,
  • scallop.

Winkle Sentence Examples:

• But Mr. Winkle is not a stock and stale subject.

• Therefore Travers still looked young, alert, - up to his day, up to anything; while Sir Peter, entering that drawing - room, seemed a sort of Rip van Winkle who had slept through the past generation, and looked on the present with eyes yet drowsy.

Homophones for Winkle:

• winkel.

Holonyms for Winkle:

• n.

  • animal
    littorina, Genus Littorina.
  • food
    winkle, periwinkle.

Hyponym for Winkle:

• n.

  • animal
    seasnail.
  • food
    seafood.

• v.

  • weather
    shine, beam.

Meronym for Winkle:

• n.

  • animal
    winkle, periwinkle.