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Webster 1913 Edition
Flinch
Flinch
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flinched
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flinching
.] [Prob. fr. OE.
flecchen
to waver, give way, F. fléchir
, 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 combatA 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
,Noun.
The act of flinching.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flinch
FLINCH
,Verb.
I.
1.
To shrink; to withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail of proceeding, or of performing any thing. Never flinch from duty. 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.
2.
To fail.Definition 2024
flinch
flinch
English
Noun
flinch (plural flinches)
- A reflexive jerking away.
- My eye doctor hates the flinch I have every time he tries to get near my eyes.
Translations
reflexive jerking away
Verb
flinch (third-person singular simple present flinches, present participle flinching, simple past and past participle flinched)
- To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus.
- John Locke
- A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be accustomed to bear very rough usage without flinching or complaining.
- John Locke
- To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
- (games) (of the croquet game) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
Translations
to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
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to avoid doing something momentarily
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