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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024flinch1 /flɪntʃ/USA pronunciation v. - to draw back or shrink, as from something dangerous, painful, or difficult: [no object]The dog flinched at the noise.[~ + from + object]I won't flinch from hard work.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024flinch1 (flinch),USA pronunciation v.i. - to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.
- to shrink under pain;
wince. - Sport[Croquet.]to let the foot slip from the ball in the act of croqueting.
v.t. - to draw back or withdraw from.
n. - an act of flinching.
- perh. nasalized variant of dialect, dialectal flitch to flit, shift one's position 1555–65
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged recoil, withdraw, blench.
flinch2 (flinch),USA pronunciation v.t. - flense.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: flinch /flɪntʃ/ vb (intransitive)- to draw back suddenly, as from pain, shock, etc; wince
- (often followed by from) to avoid contact (with); shy away: he never flinched from his duty
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French flenchir; related to Middle High German lenken to bend, directˈflinchingly adv flense (flens),USA pronunciation v.t., flensed, flens•ing. - to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- to strip off (blubber or skin).
Also, flench (flench), flinch. - Danish flense or Dutch flensen
- 1805–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: flense /flɛns/, flench /flɛntʃ/, flinch /flɪntʃ/ vb - (transitive) to strip (a whale, seal, etc) of (its blubber or skin)
Etymology: 19th Century: from Danish flense; related to Dutch flensen |