About The Word Flinch
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Flinch
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What's The Definition Of Flinch?
[n] a reflex response to sudden pain
[v] draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" Synonyms | Synonyms for Flinch: cringe | funk | quail | recoil | shrink | squinch | wince | wince Related Terms | Find terms related to Flinch: avoid | avoidance | be startled | blanch | blench | blink | boggle | cower | cringe | demur | dodge | draw back | draw in | duck | elude | escape | eschew | evade | evasion | fade | fall back | fallback | falter | fight shy of | funk | hang back | hang off | have qualms | hesitate | hold off | jib | jump | jump a mile | make bones about | pause | pull back | pull in | pull out | pullback | pullout | quail | recede | recoil | reel back | retire | retract | retreat | scruple | sheer off | shrink | shrink back | shrink from | shun | shy | shy at | sidestep | sidestepping | squinch | start | start aside | start back | startle | stick at | stickle | strain | swerve | turn aside | waver | weasel | weasel out | wince | withdraw See Also | jump | move | retract | shrink back | start | startle Flinch In Webster's Dictionary \Flinch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flinched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flinching}.] [Prob. fr. OE. flecchen to waver, give way, F.
fl['e]chir, fr. L. flectere to bend; but prob. influenced by
E. blench. Cf. {Flex}.]
1. To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain
or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs
of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one
of the parties flinched from the combat.
A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be
accustomed to bear very rough usage without
flinching or complaining. --Locke.
2. (Croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when
attempting to give a tight croquet.
\Flinch\, n. The act of flinching. |
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