flinch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flinch	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for flinch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flinch n a reflex response to sudden pain Synonym(s): wince, flinch v draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" Synonym(s): flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flinch \Flinch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flinching}.] [Prob. fr. OE. flecchen to waver, give way, F. fl[82]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flinch \Flinch\, n. The act of flinching.