[flɪn(t)ʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise
(e.g: she flinched at the acidity in his voice)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘slink or sneak off’): from Old French flenchir ‘turn aside’, of West Germanic origin and related to German lenken ‘to guide, steer’

[flɪn(t)ʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of flinching
(e.g: ‘Don't call me that,’ he said with a flinch)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘slink or sneak off’): from Old French flenchir ‘turn aside’, of West Germanic origin and related to German lenken ‘to guide, steer’