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cockle

noun

1 cockle

Common edible European bivalve.

2 cockle

Common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs.

Dutch: kokkel, hartschelp, kokhaan
Polish: sercówka

verb

1 cockle

Stir up (water) so as to form ripples.

synonyms: riffle, ripple, ruffle, undulate.

Roget 902: caress, fondle, pet, dandle; pat, pat on the head, pat on the cheek; chuck under the chin, smile upon, coax, wheedle, cosset, coddle, cocker, ... show more

2 cockle

To gather something into small wrinkles or folds.

synonyms: crumple, knit, pucker, rumple.

Dutch: kreukelen, kreuken, verfomfaaien, verkreukelen


Moby thesaurus: cocker, corrugate, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crumple, dimple, fret, furrow, knit, knot, pucker, purse, ridge, rimple, ripple, ruck, ruckle, rumple ... show more.

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