meaning of flinch

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.
2.
To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
3.
The act of flinching.
4.
a reflex response to sudden pain


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