cockle: Meaning and Definition of

cock•le

1. any bivalve mollusk of the genus Cardium, having somewhat heart-shaped, radially ribbed valves, esp. C. edule, the common edible species of Europe.
2. any of various allied or similar mollusks.
3. cockleshell (defs. 1, 2).
4. a wrinkle; pucker: a cockle in fabric.
5. a small, crisp candy of sugar and flour, bearing a motto.
6. the depths of one's emotions or feelings: The happy family scene warmed the cockles of his heart.

1. to contract into wrinkles; pucker: This paper cockles easily.
2. to rise in short, irregular waves; ripple: The waves cockled along the shore.

1. to cause to wrinkle, pucker, or ripple: The wind cockled the water.

cock•le

1. a weed, as the darnel Lolium temulentum, or rye grass, L. perenne.