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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