Apedia

Winkle Noun, Verbbre /ˈwɪŋkl/Name /ˈwɪŋkl Noun 滨螺  Verb Bre, Informal)ˌwinkle Sth/Sbˈout Sth

Front winkle
Back noun, verbBrE /ˈwɪŋkl/NAmE /ˈwɪŋkl/

noun
滨螺

 verb

(BrE, informal)ˌwinkle sth/sbˈout (of sth)
to get sth/sb out of a place or position, especially when this is not easy to do
ˌwinkle sth ˈout of sb to get information from sb, especially with difficulty extract She always manages to winkle secrets out of people.

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Rap sth sb rapped sharp hit strong words

Previous card: Trickster bre /ˈtrɪkstə(r)/name /ˈtrɪkstər noun person tricks cheats

Up to card list: A Song of Ice and Fire