English Explanatory Dictionary

winkle out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To acquire with difficulty, as by thorough scrutiny.
  2. To get (something or someone) out of an entrenched position.

Word forms

winkle out winkles out winkling out winkled out

Etymology

From winkle (“to extract”), from periwinkle (“a mollusk”).

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