Dictionary Entry
flinch
flinch is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
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.
- 2intransitive verb
To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
- 3noun
The act of flinching.
- 4noun
a reflex response to sudden pain
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- 5verb
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
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