winch
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Is winch a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (nautical) A hoisting device used for loading or unloading cargo, or for pulling in lines.Examples: "It runs on clattering steel tracks; the driver sits in a cab over the tracks, operating the controls that rotate the arm and turn the winch."
2. (Nigeria, slang) A witch.Nigeriaslang
verb (English)
1. (Scotland, colloquial, ambitransitive) to courtExamples: "They “clicked” each other, kidded each other, and by and by they would “winch” and marry each other."; "It was common knowledge that he'd winched dozens of girls while she had been sharing a bedroom with her two brothers."Scotlandambitransitivecolloquial
2. (Scotland, colloquial, ambitransitive) to kiss, snogExamples: "She turned and looked at me, amused, gave a wee chuckle, kissed me on the mouth hard and quick, and again, and we were kissing for real, lingering, soft and moist and warm, me and Jeannie winching, and I wanted it not to stop."; "Up at the cinema Campbell Cameron had been all slithering hands, like a dirty octopus. Even his tenderest winching had felt entitled and demanding."Scotlandambitransitivecolloquial
Definition source: Wiktionary