Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wintle
Participle: wintled
Gerund: wintling
Indicative
Present
| I | wintle |
| you | wintle |
| he;she;it | wintles |
| we | wintle |
| you | wintle |
| they | wintle |
Perfect
| I | have wintled |
| you | have wintled |
| he;she;it | has wintled |
| we | have wintled |
| you | have wintled |
| they | have wintled |
Past
| I | wintled |
| you | wintled |
| he;she;it | wintled |
| we | wintled |
| you | wintled |
| they | wintled |
Pluperfect
| I | had wintled |
| you | had wintled |
| he;she;it | had wintled |
| we | had wintled |
| you | had wintled |
| they | had wintled |
Future
| I | will wintle |
| you | will wintle |
| he;she;it | will wintle |
| we | will wintle |
| you | will wintle |
| they | will wintle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wintled |
| you | will have wintled |
| he;she;it | will have wintled |
| we | will have wintled |
| you | will have wintled |
| they | will have wintled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wintle |
| you | wintle |
| he;she;it | wintle |
| we | wintle |
| you | wintle |
| they | wintle |
Perfect
| I | have wintled |
| you | have wintled |
| he;she;it | have wintled |
| we | have wintled |
| you | have wintled |
| they | have wintled |
Imperfect
| I | wintled |
| you | wintled |
| he;she;it | wintled |
| we | wintled |
| you | wintled |
| they | wintled |
Pluperfect
| I | had wintled |
| you | had wintled |
| he;she;it | had wintled |
| we | had wintled |
| you | had wintled |
| they | had wintled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wintle |
| you | would wintle |
| he;she;it | would wintle |
| we | would wintle |
| you | would wintle |
| they | would wintle |
Perfect
| I | would have wintled |
| you | would have wintled |
| he;she;it | would have wintled |
| we | would have wintled |
| you | would have wintled |
| they | would have wintled |
Imperative
| you | wintle |
| we | Let's wintle |
| you | wintle |
Verbs conjugated like 'wintle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'wintle'
windle,
wingle,
winkle,
bingle,
cantle,
dindle,
dinnle,
dwindle,
firtle,
gentle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch windtelen (“to reel”); compare wentelen. See: Dutch '
windtelen'.
Sample Sentences
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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,
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The worm of hell, which never dies, / In wintled coil writhes up and fries.
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1974, Austin Clarke, quoted in 1981, G. Craig Tapping, Austin Clarke: A Study of His Writings, page 282,
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Along the cliffs a breeze wintled.
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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! [1901, George Douglas Brown, The House with the Green Shutters, published 2011, page 214:]
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Miss Radford wintled across the floor on her bottom until she slumped beside Eloise, who rolled her eyes and bared her lower teeth. [2002, Micaela Gilchrist, The Good Journey, US, page 222:]