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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Flinch \Flinch\, n.
     The act of flinching.
     [1913 Webster]

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\, n.
     The act of flinching.

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  flinch
       n : a reflex response to sudden pain [syn: wince]
       v : draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they
           showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: squinch, funk,
            cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  flinch
     Αγγλικά vb.
     τινάζομαι προς τα πίσω από φόβο, δειλιάζω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  flinch
     n.
     1 A reflexive jerking away.
     2 (lb en croquet) The slipping of the foot from a ball, when
  attempting to give a tight croquet.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in
  response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe.
     2 To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
     3 (lb en croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting
  to give a tight croquet.
     vb.
     (alternative form of en flense)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  flinch
     n.
     1 A reflexive jerking away.
     2 (lb en croquet) The slipping of the foot from a ball, when
  attempting to give a tight croquet.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in
  response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe.
     2 To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
     3 (lb en croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting
  to give a tight croquet.
     vb.
     (alternative form of en flense)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  flinch
     n.
     1 A reflexive jerking away.
     2 (lb en croquet) The slipping of the foot from a ball, when
  attempting to give a tight croquet.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in
  response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe.
     2 To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
     3 (lb en croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting
  to give a tight croquet.
     vb.
     (alternative form of en flense)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  flinch
     n.
     1 A reflexive jerking away.
     2 (lb en croquet) The slipping of the foot from a ball, when
  attempting to give a tight croquet.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in
  response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe.
     2 To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
     3 (lb en croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting
  to give a tight croquet.
     vb.
     (alternative form of en flense)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  flinch
     Englanti vb.
     kavahtaa, säpsähtää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  flinch
     Engelska vb.
     rygga tillbaka

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Flinch /flˈɪntʃ/
  الجفلة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  flinch //flɪnt͡ʃ// 
  трепване
  reflexive jerking away

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  flinch //flɪnt͡ʃ// 
  дръпвам се, трепвам
  to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  flinch /flˈɪntʃ/ 
  couvnout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  flinch /flˈɪntʃ/ 
  ucuknout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  flinch /flˈɪntʃ/ 
  ustoupit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  flinch /flˈɪntʃ/ 
  zusammenfahren, zusammenzucken, zucken 
     Synonyms: start, give a start
  
   see: flinching, starting, flinched, started, without flinching
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  flinch /flˈɪntʃ/
  
  τραβιέμαι από τον πόνο, υποχωρώ

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  flinch //flɪnt͡ʃ// 
  säpsähdys
  reflexive jerking away

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  flinch //flɪnt͡ʃ// 
  kavahtaa, säpsähtää
  to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  flinch /flˈɪntʃ/ 
  1. कराहना
        "He flinched with pain when the blow hit him."
  2. घबरा जाना
        "He never flinched from any work given to him."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  flinch /flˈɪntʃ/
  kloniti se, odustati

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  flinch //flɪnt͡ʃ// 
  怯む
  to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  flinch /ˈflɪnʧ/ 
   1.  wzdrygać się
   2.  wzdragać się (from - przed)

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  flinch //flɪnt͡ʃ// 
  rycka till
  to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  flinch /flˈɪntʃ/
  1. çekinmek kaçınmak
  2. çekinme, kaçınma
  3. bir çeşit iskambil oyunu.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɫɪntʃ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 畏缩,退缩,畏首畏尾;
  n. 退缩,一种把牌堆积在桌上的游戏;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vi. 畏缩,退缩,畏首畏尾
     n. 退缩,一种把牌堆积在桌上的游戏

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