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winkling

winkling is the present participle and gerund of winkle.

Meaning of winkle

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of winkle out (“to acquire or extract with difficulty”).
    Synonyms:
    winkle out

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Phrases with winkling

Questions about winkling

What is winkling the present participle and gerund of?
Winkling is the present participle and gerund of winkle.

Words near winkling in the dictionary

  1. winkless
  2. Winklevoss
  3. Winklevosses
  4. Winkley
  5. Winkleys
  6. winkling
  7. winkling out
  8. winks
  9. winks at
  10. winksome
  11. winkt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: winkling (page history and authors); winkle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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