winkle out

1. 1.

   force from a place or position

   “The committee winkled out the unqualified candidates”

   Broaderremove
2. 2.

   remove or displace from a position

   Synonymswinkle

   Broaderbring out

Questions about winkle out

What does winkle out mean?

winkle out means "force from a place or position". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for winkle out?

Close synonyms include winkle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is winkle out a common word?

winkle out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.