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Definition of winkle

edible marine gastropod
small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
remove or displace from a position
gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"

Similar Words: periwinkle, winkle out, flash, blink, wink, twinkle, scintillate

Hyponyms: flicker, flick

Grouped Verbs: scintillate

Substance Meronyms: periwinkle

Member Meronyms: Littorina, genus Littorina

Derivational Morphology: twinkle, scintillation, sparkling, twinkler, blinker, turn signal, turn indicator, trafficator, flasher, flash, scintilla

Anagrams: welkin

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