Flinch

Definition:

  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
  • (n.) The act of flinching.

Compare flinch with other words:

flinch vs. flitch

finch vs. flinch

flanch vs. flinch

flinch vs. linch

clinch vs. flinch

drawback vs. flinch

flinch vs. recede

flinch vs. unshakable

flinch vs. retreat

flinch vs. flinchingly

flinch vs. shudder

flinch vs. squirm

flinch vs. whimper

flinch vs. lean

flinch vs. quitch

blench vs. flinch

flinch vs. wince

flinch vs. flinching

croquet vs. flinch

dodge vs. flinch

flinch vs. stimulus

flinch vs. involuntary

flinch vs. movement

flinch vs. jerk

flinch vs. reflexive

cringe vs. flinch

flinch vs. jump

flinch vs. shrink