winkle

Nouns

  • (n) small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked periwinkle,
  • (n) edible marine gastropod periwinkle,

Verbs

  • (v) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
    • Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
    twinkle, scintillate,
  • (v) gleam or glow intermittently
    • The lights were flashing
    flash, twinkle, wink, blink,
  • (v) remove or displace from a position winkle out,

Synonyms

periwinkle twinkle scintillate flash wink blink winkle out

Words of close approximity

winker
winkle out