quinch
/kwɪn(t)ʃ/Now archaic or regional
verb
[no object] To move, stir, make a slight noise; to start, flinch.
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in Promptorium Parvulorum. Origin uncertain. Perhaps a variant of quetch, perhaps by association with winch; or perhaps a variant of either winch or wince.
- thylacine
- thylakoid
- thyme
- thymectomy
- thymi
- thymic
- thymidine
- thymine
- thymocyte
- thymol
- push-push
- pushrod
- push shot
- push someone around (or about)
- push someone's buttons
- push something through
- push-start
- push stroke
- push technology
- push the boat out
- push the envelope (or the edge of the envelope)
- push-through
- pushtin
- push-to-talk
- push-tow