English Dictionary

winkle

/ˈwɪŋkəl/

noun

A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae. / Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculata and Busycon carica.

I found a beautiful winkle shell on the beach.

意味（1）

A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.

[…] because the inward Eare is intorted like a winkle-shell, and hangeth as a bell in thee steeple of the body, it easily perceiueth all appulsions of the Ayre.

意味（2）

Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculata and Busycon carica.

There were also found fragments of the winkle (Fulgar carica).

意味（3）

(children's slang) The penis, especially that of a boy rather than that of a man.

After all, he didn't want his winkle to get so big it became unruly and unnatural.