Hyphenation of winkle

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word winkle? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

win-kle

Definitions of winkle:

1.	Small edible marine snail Steamed in wine or baked
2.	Edible marine gastropod
3.	Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
4.	Gleam or glow intermittently The lights were flashing
5.	Remove or displace from a position

Synonyms of winkle:

noun	periwinkle, seafood
noun	periwinkle, seasnail
verb	twinkle, scintillate, shine, beam
verb	flash, blink, wink, twinkle, radiate
verb	winkle out, bring out, get out

Last hyphenations of this language

cosmologygy archdepredator surculous Adkins pithecoid corrobboree Adirondack celiagra crocodilite Dominic ethban up-trending Adie Carbo ill-tuned terpeneless currock curlie-wurlie countervolition

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.