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flinch

/ flinch /

verb/noun

verb Sense 1

draw back, as with fear or pain

"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

Type of:

move

Kinds of:

shrink back retract

Derived:

wince

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s something with something

noun Sense 2

a reflex response to sudden pain

Type of:

startle jump start

Derived:

squinch funk cringe shrink wince

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