To flinch is to react to pain by wincing, pulling away, or cringing. Often it's used to describe a person who shows a moment of weakness or fright: he was so tough, I thought he'd never flinch, but snakes really freak him out.
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;
Noun
a reflex response to sudden pain
Verb
draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
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.
Flinch
A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be accustomed to bear very rough usage without flinching or complaining.2.
Flinch
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;
The act of flinching.
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