Новый большой англо-русский словарь - winkle
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winkle
1. зоол. береговая улитка, литорина (Littorina) 2. разг. выжать, вытеснить; вытащить (обыкн. winkle out) at last I winkled the truth out of him —- наконец я выжал из него правду
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n. & v. --n. any edible marine gastropod mollusc of the genus Littorina; a periwinkle. --v.tr. (foll. by out) esp. Brit. extract or eject (winkled the information out of them). Phrases and idioms winkle-picker sl. a shoe with a long pointed toe. Derivatives winkler n. Etymology: abbr. of PERIWINKLE(2): cf. WIG(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I. noun Etymology: by shortening Date: 1585 peri~ II II. intransitive verb (~d; winkling) Etymology: frequentative of wink Date: 1791 t~ III. transitive verb (~d; winkling) Etymology: 1~; from the process of extracting a ~ from its shell Date: 1918 1. chiefly British to displace, remove, or evict from a position — usually used with out 2. chiefly British to obtain or draw out by effort — usually used with out no attempt to ~ out why they do it — Joan Bakewell ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(winkles, winkling, winkled) Winkles are small sea snails that can be eaten. (BRIT; in AM, use periwinkles) = periwinkle N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n a small sea animal that lives in a shell and is used for food ~2 v winkle sth/sb out phr v 1 to make someone leave somewhere (Government critics were winkled out of their positions of influence.) 2 to discover something such as information (Candy was very good at winkling out secrets.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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