winkle

/wˈɪŋkəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
2. edible marine gastropod

verb

1. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
   “Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?”
2. gleam or glow intermittently
   “The lights were flashing”
3. remove or displace from a position

Synonyms for winkle

• periwinkle
• twinkle
• scintillate
• flash
• blink
• wink
• winkle out

Words that rhyme with winkle

• wrinkle
• sprinkle
• twinkle
• tinkle
• bullwinkle
• bulwinkle
• dinkel
• finckle
• finkel
• finkle
• garfinkle
• hinkel
• hinkle
• kinkel
• kinkle
• krenwinkle
• minkel
• schinkel
• shinkle
• sprinkel
• trinkle
• vanwinkle
• winkel