Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 11 compound words that contain winkle. The most common are listed below. Open winkle in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- winkle-pickerA person who harvests periwinkles (a kind of sea snail) to be eaten.
- Rip Van WinkleA Dutch-American villager who falls asleep for 20 years and wakes up to a changed world, having missed the American Revolution; (by extension) someone or something stuck in the past.
- Van WinkleAlternative form of Vanwinkle: A surname.
- winkle squeezeA squeeze in which a trick is offered to the defenders but whichever wins the trick is then endplayed.
- winkle-pickersplural of winkle-picker: A person who harvests periwinkles (a kind of sea snail) to be eaten.
- winkle outTo acquire with difficulty, as by thorough scrutiny.
- European sting winkleCommon name of Ocenebra erinaceus, a species of predatory sea snail in the family of Muricidae.
- winkle squeezesplural of winkle squeeze: A squeeze in which a trick is offered to the defenders but whichever wins the trick is then endplayed.
- winkle-hawkA rectangular tear or cut in clothing or any other fabric, shaped like a try square.
- winkle-hawksplural of winkle-hawk: A rectangular tear or cut in clothing or any other fabric, shaped like a try square.
Compound words 11
- WinklerA surname.
- periwinkleAny of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.
- WinklemanA surname.
- WinkleighA locality in West Tamar council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
- AldwinkleA surname.
- VanwinkleA surname.
- WinkleburyA western suburb of Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6152).
- Winklemansplural of Winkleman: A surname.
- winklepickerAlternative form of winkle-picker: A person who harvests periwinkles (a kind of sea snail) to be eaten.
- winklepickersplural of winklepicker: A person who harvests periwinkles (a kind of sea snail) to be eaten.