winkle
noun
any of various marine gastropods; periwinkle.
winkles
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present tense formof winkle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Is it more like winkles, or like snails, or any of the other two dozen options, from kelp to cuttlefish?
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2018
Having covered so much ground, in its second season the show winkles into the knottier areas of the feminist dilemma.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2018
The surface of the lake winkles in a mirrorflake curl, approaching them fast, and when the gust causing the cat's paw hits them, the boat heels hard.
From The Verge ● Aug. 29, 2015
Red-faced north-country farmers and pale London clerks elbowed up to canvas stalls to buy jellied eels and winkles.
From Time Magazine Archive
He scrambled to his feet and opened a dirty handkerchief he had filled with winkles.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
