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Definition of cockle

Overview of noun cockle

The noun cockle has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. cockle

(common edible European bivalve)

2. cockle

(common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs)

Overview of verb cockle

The verb cockle has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate

(stir up (water) so as to form ripples)

2. pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit

(to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips")