winkle in English
- winkle⇄winkle (1), noun.
a periwinkle or any one of certain other relatively large marine snails used for food. - winkle⇄winkle (2), transitive verb, -kled,-kling.
(Especially British.) to dig (out); force; wrest.
Ex. ... to winkle out the hard core of Omani rebels from their last stronghold (Manchester Guardian).