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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, δειλιάζωFrom 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, säpsähtääFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
flinch Engelska vb. rygga tillbakaFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Flinch /flˈɪntʃ/ الجفلةFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
flinch //flɪnt͡ʃ//From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]трепване reflexive jerking away
flinch //flɪnt͡ʃ//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]дръпвам се, трепвам to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
flinch /flˈɪntʃ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]couvnout
flinch /flˈɪntʃ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]ucuknout
flinch /flˈɪntʃ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]ustoupit
flinch /flˈɪntʃ/From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]zusammenfahren, zusammenzucken, zucken Synonyms: start, give a start see: flinching, starting, flinched, started, without flinching
flinch /flˈɪntʃ/ τραβιέμαι από τον πόνο, υποχωρώFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
flinch //flɪnt͡ʃ//From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]säpsähdys reflexive jerking away
flinch //flɪnt͡ʃ//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]kavahtaa, säpsähtää to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
flinch /flˈɪntʃ/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. कराहना "He flinched with pain when the blow hit him." 2. घबरा जाना "He never flinched from any work given to him."
flinch /flˈɪntʃ/ kloniti se, odustatiFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
flinch //flɪnt͡ʃ//From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]怯む to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
flinch /ˈflɪnʧ/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]1. wzdrygać się 2. wzdragać się (from - przed)
flinch //flɪnt͡ʃ//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]rycka till to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
flinch /flˈɪntʃ/ 1. çekinmek kaçınmak 2. çekinme, kaçınma 3. bir çeşit iskambil oyunu.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈfɫɪntʃ/
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, withdrawFrom 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