1. Edible marine gastropod
   "winkles were gathered from the rocky shore for a seafood dish";
   - periwinkle
    
2. Small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
   "The coastal restaurant offered a dish of winkles cooked in garlic butter";
   - periwinkle

1. Extract or obtain something with difficulty, especially information from a reluctant person
   "She winkled out the secret information from her colleague";
   - winkle out
    
2. [rare] Gleam or glow intermittently
   - flash, blink, wink, twinkle
    
3. [rare] (celestial body) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
   - twinkle, scintillate

Derived forms: winkled, winkles, winkling

Type of: beam, bring out, get out, radiate, seafood, seasnail, shine

Part of: genus Littorina, Littorina

Encyclopedia: Winkle, Ohio