Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wintle

/ˈwɪntəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: win-tle
IPA: /ˈwɪntəl/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To wind, to reel.

verb

To stagger, to sway or rock.

verb

To tumble, to capsize.

verb

name

Example Sentences

"c. 1688-1746, Author not recorded, Cumberland and Murray's Descent into Hell, 1861, Charles Mackay (editor), The Jacobite Songs and Ballads of Scotland from 1688 to 1746, page 266, The worm of hell, which never dies, / In wintled coil writhes up and fries."
"1974, Austin Clarke, quoted in 1981, G. Craig Tapping, Austin Clarke: A Study of His Writings, page 282, Along the cliffs a breeze wintled."
"At a quick turn o' the road they wintled owre, and there they were, sitting on their doups in the atoms o' the gig, and glowering frae them!"
"Miss Radford wintled across the floor on her bottom until she slumped beside Eloise, who rolled her eyes and bared her lower teeth."

Etymology

Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch windtelen (“to reel”); compare wentelen.

Inflected Forms

wintles (present, singular) wintling (participle, present) wintled (participle, past) wintled (past)

Derived Forms

wintler

Rhymes With

lintel quintal pintle

Questions

How do you pronounce wintle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪntəl/.
What does wintle mean?: To wind, to reel.
Where does wintle come from?: Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch windtelen (“to reel”); compare wentelen.

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