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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Flinch \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.
[1913 Webster]
A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be
accustomed to bear very rough usage without
flinching or complaining. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when
attempting to give a tight croquet.
[1913 Webster]
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['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.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
flinched
vb.
(infl of en flinch ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
flinched
vb.
(infl of en flinch ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
flinched
vb.
(infl of en flinch ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
flinched
vb.
(infl of en flinch ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
flinched
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm f linch ed)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
flinched
Engelska a.
(avledning en flinch ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb flinch)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Flinched /flˈɪntʃt/ جافلFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
flinched /flˈɪntʃt/
zuckte zurück, fuhr zurück
"My hand flinched back." - Meine Hand zuckte zurück.
see: flinch back, flinching back, flinched back, flinches
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
flinched /flˈɪntʃt/
zusammengefahrt, zusammengezuckt, gezuckt
Synonym: started
see: flinch, start, give a start, flinching, starting, without flinching
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/ˈfɫɪntʃt/