winkle, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

winkle  (winkles plural & 3rd person present) (winkling present participle) (winkled past tense & past participle )Winkles are small sea snails that can be eaten.
(BRIT)  n-count (=periwinkle)
in AM, use periwinkles  winkle out

1  phrasal verb If you winkle information out of someone, you get it from them when they do not want to give it to you, often by tricking them.
(BRIT)
INFORMAL
(=worm out)
The security services will pretty well go to any lengths to winkle out information...  V P n (not pron)
The detective was trying to winkle information out of her.  V n P of n, Also V n P

2  phrasal verb If you winkle someone out of a place where they are hiding or which they do not want to leave, you make them leave it.
(BRIT)
INFORMAL He somehow managed to winkle Picard out of his room...  V n P of n
Political pressure finally winkled him out and on to a plane bound for Berlin...  V n P
It will not be easy to winkle out the old guard and train younger replacements.  V P n (not pron)