flinch
A reflexive jerking awayA reflexive jerking away.
Meaning
2 sensesA reflexive jerking away.
My eye doctor hates the flinch I have every time he tries to get near my eyes.
Zucken, Zurückzucken, Zurückschrecken
вздра́гиваниеvzdrágivanije, отдёргиваниеotdjórgivanije
The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
- a reflex response to sudden pain
Examples
25 sentencesI didn't flinch.
Я не відступив. — deniko
Tom didn't even flinch.
ruТом даже не вздрогнул. — odexed
I saw you flinch.
Tom didn't flinch.
ruТом не вздрогнул. — paul_lingvo
deTom wich nicht zurück. — stefz
Tom never flinched.
deTom wich nie zurück. — wolfgangth
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle French flenchir (“to bend”), from Old French flenchir, flanchir, from FrankishFrom Middle French flenchir (“to bend”), from Old French flenchir, flanchir, from Frankish *hlankijan, from Proto-Germanic *hlankijaną (“to bend, twist, flex”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind”). Cognate with Old High German hlenken, whence Middle High German lenken (“to bend”), Modern German lenken (“to cause to veer or turn aside, steer”). Attested in English since the 16th century.
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