cockle
1
[ kok-uh l ]
/ ˈkɒk əl /
noun
verb (used without object), cock·led, cock·ling.
to contract into wrinkles; pucker: This paper cockles easily.
to rise in short, irregular waves; ripple: The waves cockled along the shore.
verb (used with object), cock·led, cock·ling.
to cause to wrinkle, pucker, or ripple: The wind cockled the water.
Idioms for cockle
cockles of one's heart,
the depths of one's emotions or feelings: The happy family scene warmed the cockles of his heart.
Origin of cockle
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1350–1400; Middle English
cokille < Middle French
coqille < Vulgar Latin
*cocchīlia, Latin
conchylia, plural of
conchȳlium < Greek
konchȳ́lion, equivalent to
konchȳ́l(ē) mussel +
-ion diminutive suffix; compare Old English
-cocc, in
sǣ-cocc literally, sea-cockle < Vulgar Latin
*coccus for Latin
concha
conch
Words nearby cockle
British Dictionary definitions for cockles of one's heart (1 of 2)
cockle
1
/ (ˈkɒkəl) /
noun
verb
to contract or cause to contract into wrinkles
Word Origin for cockle
C14: from Old French
coquille shell, from Latin
conchӯlium shellfish, from Greek
konkhulion, diminutive of
konkhule mussel; see
conch
British Dictionary definitions for cockles of one's heart (2 of 2)
cockle
2
/ (ˈkɒkəl) /
noun
any of several plants, esp the corn cockle, that grow as weeds in cornfields
Idioms and Phrases with cockles of one's heart
cockles of one's heart
see warm the cockles of one's heart.