flinch
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Compare Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌰𐌽 (filhan), Icelandic fela (“to hide”)[1]
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪntʃ
[edit] Noun
flinch (plural flinches)
- A reflexive jerking away.
- My eye doctor hates the flinch I have every time he tries to get near my eyes.
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[edit] Verb
flinch (third-person singular simple present flinches, present participle flinching, simple past and past participle flinched)
- To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus.
[edit] Translations
to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
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[edit] References
- ^ flinch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
