- wintle
- intransitive verb (wintled; wintling) Etymology: perhaps from Dutch dialect windtelen to reel Date: 1786 1. Scottish stagger, reel 2. Scottish wriggle
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wintle — /win tl/, n., v., wintled, wintling. Scot. n. 1. a rolling or staggering motion. v.i. 2. to roll or swing back and forth. 3. to tumble over; capsize. [1775 85; < early D windtelen (D wentelen) to revolve, freq. of winden to WIND2] * * * … Universalium
wintle — verb a) to reel, to stagger b) to wriggle … Wiktionary
wintle — win·tle … English syllables
wintle — win•tle [[t]ˈwɪn tl[/t]] v. i. tled, tling. Scot. 1) scot. to roll or swing back and forth 2) scot. to tumble over; capsize • Etymology: 1775–85; < early D windtelen (D wentelen) to revolve, freq. of winden to wind II … From formal English to slang
wintle — ˈwintəl intransitive verb Etymology: perhaps from Flemish windtelen to roll, reel; akin to Middle Dutch wentelen to roll Scotland : stagger, reel, wriggle, roll … Useful english dictionary
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