flinch
IPA: fɫˈɪntʃ
noun
- A reflexive jerking away.
- (croquet) The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
verb
- (intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe.
- To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
- (croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
- Alternative form of flense [To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.]
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Examples of "flinch" in Sentences
- The Flinch sing their songs in Finnish.
- However, the slappee cannot flinch too much.
- Dax flinched, but did not withdraw from the room.
- The man does not flinch as he is beaten to death.
- What does it take to make a liberal sophisticate flinch
- Lin does not flinch, but Roy is devastated at the betrayal.
- The loser is the first to flinch all five fingers off the floor.
- She faces fear and the unknown with a flinch but never weak kneed.
- Caught by surprise, Simpson flinched and heard a pop in his right ankle.
- When the light was switched on, they'd receive an electric shock, and flinch.
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