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winkled out

winkled out is the simple past and past participle of winkle out.

Meaning of winkle out

Verb

winkle out (third-person singular simple present winkles out, present participle winkling out, simple past and past participle winkled out)

  1. (UK, transitive) To acquire with difficulty, as by thorough scrutiny.
    • Tom managed to winkle the truth out of John eventually.
  2. (transitive) To get (something or someone) out of an entrenched position.
    • […] was mopping up the remnants of German resistance and trying to winkle out individual enemy soldiers from their hiding places.2011, Ken Ford, Operation Archery: The Commandos and the Vaagso Raid 1941, page 59

Questions about winkled out

What is winkled out the simple past and past participle of?
Winkled out is the simple past and past participle of winkle out.

Words near winkled out in the dictionary

  1. winkle-hawks
  2. winkle-picker
  3. winkle-pickers
  4. Winklebury
  5. winkled
  6. winkled out
  7. Winkleigh
  8. Winkleman
  9. Winklemans
  10. winklepicker
  11. winklepickers

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