Winkle may refer to: Snails Common periwinkle, an edible marine intertidal species found in Europe and North America Any species within the family Littorinidae, the winkles, small intertidal sea snails Some edible species of nerites which are also small aquatic snails, some marine, some freshwater Sometimes applied to certain land species that have an operculum, such as Pomatias elegans, the land winkle Tegula pfeifferi Places Winkle, Illinois, United States, an unincorporated community East Danville, Ohio, United States, an unincorporated community also known as Winkle Winkle Island (disambiguation), several places with the name Other uses nickname of Eric Brown (pilot) (1919–2016), British Royal Navy officer and test pilot Leslie Winkle, a character in the television series The Big Bang Theory Nathaniel Winkle, a character in the novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Winkle squeeze, a play in the card game of contract bridge Development codename of the RAF's RX12874 radar detector See also Van Winkle, a surname and a list of people with the surname Bobby Winkles (born 1930), American former Major League Baseball coach and manager and college head coach Winkel (disambiguation) Animal common name disambiguation pages