flinchv.¹

Brit.

/flɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/flɪn(t)ʃ/

Forms: Also 1600s flench.

Etymology: apparently < Old French flenchir, flainchir, usually regarded as a variant of the synonymous flechir : see flecche v.

a. intransitive. To give way, draw back, yield ground in a combat; to draw back or turn aside from a course of action, a duty or enterprise. In later use influenced by sense 3: To draw back through failure in courage, endurance, or resolve; to shrink from something as dangerous, painful, or difficult.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)]

reversec1450

recoil1483

back1486

regressa1525

retire1542

flinch1578

retrograde1613

recur1616

retrocede1638

ravel1656

backen1748

regrede1800

regrade1811

retrogress1812

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat

withdraw1297

recoilc1330

give place1382

arrear1399

to draw backa1400

resortc1425

adrawc1450

recedec1450

retraya1470

returna1470

rebut1481

wyke1481

umbedrawc1485

retreata1500

retract1535

retire1542

to give back1548

regress1552

to fall back?1567

peak1576

flinch1578

to fall offa1586

to draw off1602

to give ground1607

retrograde1613

to train off1796

to beat a retreat1861

to back off1938

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [verb (intransitive)] > avoid

skulk?c1225

flinch1578

bludge1919

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise

starta1450

fang1522

recidivate1528

to draw back1572

flinch1578

to shrink collar1579

retract1616

to shrink out of the collar1636

renege1651

to fly off1667

to slip (the) collarc1677

to declare off1749

to cry off1775

to back out1807

to fight off1833

crawfish1848

welsh1871

to pull out1884

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action

wanderc897

haltc900

flitc1175

misdrawc1300

err1303

convertc1374

foldc1380

stray1390

astray1393

swaver?a1400

to fall from ——a1425

recedec1450

depart1535

swervea1547

fag1555

flinch1578

exorbitate1600

extravagate1600

discoasta1677

tralineate1700

aberrate1749

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > shrink or recoil

wondec897

blencha1250

shunta1250

scurnc1325

blenka1330

blinka1400

startc1400

shrink1508

blanch1572

swerve1573

shruga1577

flinch1578

recoil1582

budgea1616

shucka1620

smay1632

blunk1655

shudder1668

resile1678

skew1678

reluctate1833

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 30 If thou wast mynded..to loue me, why doest thou flinche at the last?

1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Humber v Pitch'd our fielde In hope to make them flinche, flye, fall or yeelde.

1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley iii. i I shall catch him in a narrow room, Where neither of us can flinch.

a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 65 Drawing them to his Tent, upon assurance, and afterwards flinching from it.

1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vi. 26 O the Ingratitude and Injustice... That John Bull..should flinch at last.

1826 E. Irving Babylon II. 437 If you flinch not, like Jonah, from fulfilling your commission.

1837 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VI. l. 686 The peasants withstood, without flinching, several attacks in front.

1873 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible (1875) vi. 220 Faintheartedness..had often made him flinch in sudden temptation.

†b. to flinch out: to swerve, deviate, be deflected. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > diverge from course

bowa1000

swervec1330

wrya1350

crookc1380

to turn asidea1382

depart1393

decline14..

wryc1400

divert1430

desvoy1481

wave1548

digress1552

prevaricate1582

yaw1584

to turn off1605

to come off1626

deviate1635

sag1639

to flinch out1642

deflect1646

de-err1657

break1678

verge1693

sheera1704

to break off1725

lean1894

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L7^v Why Venus flincheth out More then Mercurius.

†2. To slink, sneak off. Also with away, off.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away quietly or stealthily

steal1154

to steal one's wayc1385

skew?a1400

astealc1400

fleetc1400

slip?c1450

shrink1530

flinch1563

shift1594

foist1603

shab1699

slope1851

smuggle1865

sneak1896

mope1914

to oil out1945

society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > quietly or stealthily

fleetc1400

slip?c1450

flinch1563

shift1594

slope1851

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)] > move off or away

steal1154

atslip?c1225

atcreepc1275

to steal one's wayc1385

glide1393

atslikec1400

fleetc1400

flinch1563

outsteala1586

leer1586

shift1594

shab1699

slive1707

ghost1833

to oil out1945

1563 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1725) I. xxxvi. 413 For the preventing of any of these dispensed Persons from flinching off from them, or falling from this Correspondence.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 235 Which when they have bin well and kindely entertained flinch away, never giving thankes.

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Spicchiáre, to sneake or flinch secretly out of sight.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 131 They went flinching away, and got them home through bye-lanes.

a. To shrink under pain; to wince.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > suffer mental pain [verb (intransitive)] > manifest suffering

to swallow one's spittlec1400

flincha1677

squirm1804

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > be painful [verb (intransitive)] > express pain

grinOE

quetchc1225

singc1386

quinch1511

complain1600

flincha1677

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > shrink or flinch

fikec1220

wincha1250

withshontec1450

shrink1513

squitch1570

blanch1572

shruga1577

to shrink in the neck1581

wink1605

budgea1616

shy1650

shudder1668

flincha1677

wincea1748

the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > cower or flinch > shrink under pain

flincha1677

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 49 Doth not every man flinch at any trouble?

1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §115 A child..may..be accustom'd to bear very..rough usage without flinching or complaining.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 418 (note) He never flinched; but after reiterated blows, remained seemingly unmoved.

1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. 224 Gnaw through me, through and through: flat thus I lie nor flinch.

b. To blench: see blench v.¹ 2, 6.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > cower or flinch

wondec897

shuna1000

blencha1250

cowerc1300

scunnerc1425

cringea1525

to play couch-quaila1529

quail1544

winch1605

dwindle1612

blank1642

shy1650

scringec1700

funk?1746

flinch1883

curl1913

1883 P. L. Lavroff tr. ‘Stepniak’ Underground Russia Introd. ii. iii. 43 He..can die without flinching.

1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 93 Serpents..charm you with a gaze that will not flinch.

4. quasi-transitive. To withdraw from, lose (one's ground). Also, to flinch the flagon: to let the bottle pass. to flinch one's glass: to avoid emptying it. †to flinch (back) one's hand: to draw it back; in quot. figurative to intermit one's activity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > cease from temporarily [verb (transitive)]

pretermit1539

intermit1576

suspend1608

to flinch (back) one's hand1674

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > avoid drinking (entire amount)

to flinch one's glass1712

to flinch the flagon1838

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 75 If Nature should but flinch back her hand, or the world that is round about it should but be pluckt away from it.

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses vi. 23 Lewis.. either by the Strength of his Brain, or Flinching his Glass, kept himself sober as a Judge.

a1791 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 551 Welsh, who never flinch'd his ground.

1838 G. P. R. James Robber I. i. 14 You flinched the flagon.

Derivatives

ˈflinching n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > shrinking or recoiling

wondingc1440

recoil1567

shrinking1580

flinching1600

shrugginga1617

reluctancea1628

blanching1642

smaying1678

shying1796

flinch1817

funking1823

blenching1868

recoiling1892

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlii. 1127 This flinching of his and absenting himselfe.

1845 T. Hood True Story xiv A recollection strong enough To cause a very serious flinching.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xvii. 277 There was no flinching and no cowardice.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flinch
释义	flinchn. Brit. /flɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /flɪn(t)ʃ/ Etymology: < flinch v.¹ The action of flinching. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > shrinking or flinching wincing1426 winching1525 shrink1590 winking1677 winch1788 flinch1817 wince1865 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > shrinking or recoiling wondingc1440 recoil1567 shrinking1580 flinching1600 shrugginga1617 reluctancea1628 blanching1642 smaying1678 shying1796 flinch1817 funking1823 blenching1868 recoiling1892 1817 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 83 498 That unwelcome flinch which the touch of egotism gives to benevolence. 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. xx. 205 Thar's no flinch in me, you may depend upon it. 1862 in A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus (1892) I. 741 Mr. Rarey..leaped over its head, laid [sic] down upon it, and within its legs, all without a start or a flinch. 1922 A. S. M. Hutchinson This Freedom ii. ii. 91 But she came back bravely from her flinch. 1930 W. H. Auden Poems 25 Nowise withdrawn by doubting flinch Nor joined to any by belief's firm flange. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). flinchv.¹ Brit. /flɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /flɪn(t)ʃ/ Forms: Also 1600s flench. Etymology: apparently < Old French flenchir, flainchir, usually regarded as a variant of the synonymous flechir : see flecche v. 1. a. intransitive. To give way, draw back, yield ground in a combat; to draw back or turn aside from a course of action, a duty or enterprise. In later use influenced by sense 3: To draw back through failure in courage, endurance, or resolve; to shrink from something as dangerous, painful, or difficult. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] reversec1450 recoil1483 back1486 regressa1525 retire1542 flinch1578 retrograde1613 recur1616 retrocede1638 ravel1656 backen1748 regrede1800 regrade1811 retrogress1812 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat withdraw1297 recoilc1330 give place1382 arrear1399 to draw backa1400 resortc1425 adrawc1450 recedec1450 retraya1470 returna1470 rebut1481 wyke1481 umbedrawc1485 retreata1500 retract1535 retire1542 to give back1548 regress1552 to fall back?1567 peak1576 flinch1578 to fall offa1586 to draw off1602 to give ground1607 retrograde1613 to train off1796 to beat a retreat1861 to back off1938 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [verb (intransitive)] > avoid skulk?c1225 flinch1578 bludge1919 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise starta1450 fang1522 recidivate1528 to draw back1572 flinch1578 to shrink collar1579 retract1616 to shrink out of the collar1636 renege1651 to fly off1667 to slip (the) collarc1677 to declare off1749 to cry off1775 to back out1807 to fight off1833 crawfish1848 welsh1871 to pull out1884 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action wanderc897 haltc900 flitc1175 misdrawc1300 err1303 convertc1374 foldc1380 stray1390 astray1393 swaver?a1400 to fall from ——a1425 recedec1450 depart1535 swervea1547 fag1555 flinch1578 exorbitate1600 extravagate1600 discoasta1677 tralineate1700 aberrate1749 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > shrink or recoil wondec897 blencha1250 shunta1250 scurnc1325 blenka1330 blinka1400 startc1400 shrink1508 blanch1572 swerve1573 shruga1577 flinch1578 recoil1582 budgea1616 shucka1620 smay1632 blunk1655 shudder1668 resile1678 skew1678 reluctate1833 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 30 If thou wast mynded..to loue me, why doest thou flinche at the last? 1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Humber v Pitch'd our fielde In hope to make them flinche, flye, fall or yeelde. 1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley iii. i I shall catch him in a narrow room, Where neither of us can flinch. a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 65 Drawing them to his Tent, upon assurance, and afterwards flinching from it. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vi. 26 O the Ingratitude and Injustice... That John Bull..should flinch at last. 1826 E. Irving Babylon II. 437 If you flinch not, like Jonah, from fulfilling your commission. 1837 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VI. l. 686 The peasants withstood, without flinching, several attacks in front. 1873 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible (1875) vi. 220 Faintheartedness..had often made him flinch in sudden temptation. †b. to flinch out: to swerve, deviate, be deflected. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > diverge from course bowa1000 swervec1330 wrya1350 crookc1380 to turn asidea1382 depart1393 decline14.. wryc1400 divert1430 desvoy1481 wave1548 digress1552 prevaricate1582 yaw1584 to turn off1605 to come off1626 deviate1635 sag1639 to flinch out1642 deflect1646 de-err1657 break1678 verge1693 sheera1704 to break off1725 lean1894 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. L7^v Why Venus flincheth out More then Mercurius. †2. To slink, sneak off. Also with away, off. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away quietly or stealthily steal1154 to steal one's wayc1385 skew?a1400 astealc1400 fleetc1400 slip?c1450 shrink1530 flinch1563 shift1594 foist1603 shab1699 slope1851 smuggle1865 sneak1896 mope1914 to oil out1945 society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] > quietly or stealthily fleetc1400 slip?c1450 flinch1563 shift1594 slope1851 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)] > move off or away steal1154 atslip?c1225 atcreepc1275 to steal one's wayc1385 glide1393 atslikec1400 fleetc1400 flinch1563 outsteala1586 leer1586 shift1594 shab1699 slive1707 ghost1833 to oil out1945 1563 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1725) I. xxxvi. 413 For the preventing of any of these dispensed Persons from flinching off from them, or falling from this Correspondence. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 235 Which when they have bin well and kindely entertained flinch away, never giving thankes. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Spicchiáre, to sneake or flinch secretly out of sight. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 131 They went flinching away, and got them home through bye-lanes. 3. a. To shrink under pain; to wince. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > suffer mental pain [verb (intransitive)] > manifest suffering to swallow one's spittlec1400 flincha1677 squirm1804 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > be painful [verb (intransitive)] > express pain grinOE quetchc1225 singc1386 quinch1511 complain1600 flincha1677 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > shrink or flinch fikec1220 wincha1250 withshontec1450 shrink1513 squitch1570 blanch1572 shruga1577 to shrink in the neck1581 wink1605 budgea1616 shy1650 shudder1668 flincha1677 wincea1748 the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > cower or flinch > shrink under pain flincha1677 a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 49 Doth not every man flinch at any trouble? 1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §115 A child..may..be accustom'd to bear very..rough usage without flinching or complaining. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 418 (note) He never flinched; but after reiterated blows, remained seemingly unmoved. 1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. 224 Gnaw through me, through and through: flat thus I lie nor flinch. b. To blench: see blench v.¹ 2, 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > cower or flinch wondec897 shuna1000 blencha1250 cowerc1300 scunnerc1425 cringea1525 to play couch-quaila1529 quail1544 winch1605 dwindle1612 blank1642 shy1650 scringec1700 funk?1746 flinch1883 curl1913 1883 P. L. Lavroff tr. ‘Stepniak’ Underground Russia Introd. ii. iii. 43 He..can die without flinching. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 93 Serpents..charm you with a gaze that will not flinch. 4. quasi-transitive. To withdraw from, lose (one's ground). Also, to flinch the flagon: to let the bottle pass. to flinch one's glass: to avoid emptying it. †to flinch (back) one's hand: to draw it back; in quot. figurative to intermit one's activity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > cease from temporarily [verb (transitive)] pretermit1539 intermit1576 suspend1608 to flinch (back) one's hand1674 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > avoid drinking (entire amount) to flinch one's glass1712 to flinch the flagon1838 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 75 If Nature should but flinch back her hand, or the world that is round about it should but be pluckt away from it. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses vi. 23 Lewis.. either by the Strength of his Brain, or Flinching his Glass, kept himself sober as a Judge. a1791 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 551 Welsh, who never flinch'd his ground. 1838 G. P. R. James Robber I. i. 14 You flinched the flagon. Derivatives ˈflinching n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > shrinking or recoiling wondingc1440 recoil1567 shrinking1580 flinching1600 shrugginga1617 reluctancea1628 blanching1642 smaying1678 shying1796 flinch1817 funking1823 blenching1868 recoiling1892 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlii. 1127 This flinching of his and absenting himselfe. 1845 T. Hood True Story xiv A recollection strong enough To cause a very serious flinching. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xvii. 277 There was no flinching and no cowardice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † flinchv.² Etymology: Compare flip v., flirt v. Obsolete. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Flinch,..also to strike or cut the Flesh by a Stroke with the Nail of the middle Finger. Derivatives ˈflinching n. ΚΠ 1727–36 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Flinching..also a flirting the Nail of the Middle-finger slapped from the Thumb. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). flinchv.³ Brit. /flɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /flɪn(t)ʃ/ Etymology: possibly identical in etymology with flinch v.¹; compare flanch v. Nautical. transitive. To bevel; = snape v.² ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Snape This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : flenchflinchflensev. < n.1817v.¹1563v.²1727v.³1867 see also
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flinchv.1

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