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1. (v.i.) flinch
to draw back or shrink, as from something dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.
2. flinch
to shrink or tense under pain; wince.
3. (n.) flinch
an act of flinching.
Etymology: (1555–65; prob. < MF flenchir to divert < Frankish *hlankjan, der. of *hlanka, flank)
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1. (verb) wince, flinch
a reflex response to sudden pain
2. (verb) flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
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1. (noun) flinch
the act of flinching
2. (verb) flinch
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
3. (verb) flinch
to let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet
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Sense: to make a sudden movement back or away in fear, pain etc
He flinched away from the sudden heat.
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 Afrikaans: terugdeins |
 Arabic: يُحْجِم، يَجْفَل، يَتَراج |
 Bulgarian: потрепервам |
 Brazilian: encolher-se |
 Czech: ucuknout uskočit |
 German: zurückzucken |
 Danish: vige tilbage |
 Greek: τραβιέμαι απότομα |
 Spanish: encogerse, estremecerse |
 Estonian: tagasi põrkama |
 Farsi: خود را عقب کشیدن |
 Finnish: kavahtaa |
 French: tressaillir |
 Hebrew: לְהֵירָתַע |
 Hindi: कराहना, घबरा जाना |
 Croatian: ustuknuti, lecnuti se |
 Hungarian: megrándul; visszaretten; |
 Indonesian: mundur |
 Icelandic: hörfa; kveinka sér, kippa |
 Italian: ritirarsi, sottrarsi |
 Japanese: たじろぐ |
 Korean: (아픔, 무서움으로) 주춤(움찔)하다 |
 Lithuanian: krūptelėti, atšokti |
 Latvian: sarauties (no sāpēm u.tml |
 Malay: menyentak |
 Dutch: terugdeinzen |
 Norwegian: vike tilbake (for), krymp |
 Polish: wzdrygać się, drgnąć, ods |
 Persian: خود را عقب کشیدن |
 Pashto: اوږه خالې كول، ځان كښدل، |
 Portuguese: encolher-se |
 Romanian: a tresări |
 Russian: вздрагивать |
 Slovak: cúvnuť |
 Slovenian: odskočiti |
 Serbian: trgnuti se |
 Swedish: rygga tillbaka, rycka til |
 Thai: ผงะ |
 Turkish: korkuyla geriçekilmek |
 Taiwanese: 畏縮 |
 Ukrainian: ухилятися; здригатися |
 Urdu: دہکنا |
 Vietnamese: chùn bước; nao núng |
 Chinese: 畏缩 |
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