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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flinch \Flinch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flinched}; p. pr & vb n. {Flinching}.] [Prob. fr OE flecchen to waver, give way F. fl['e]chir, fr L. flectere to bend; but prob. influenced by E. blench. Cf {Flex}.] 1. 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. A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be accustomed to bear very rough usage without flinching or complaining. --Locke. 2. (Croquet) To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
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