| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To shrink, baulk, cringe or recede.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To return, adjourn, render or reset. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To budge or yield. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To defer, postpone, procrastinate or temporize. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To cede, relinquish, abandon or renounce. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To retire, retreat or withdraw. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To remove, expel, oust, relegate or displace. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To quit, leave or desist. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To send, refer or deliver.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Present participle conjugation of the verb flinch.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flinch) | 1. Draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf".[Wordnet]. 2. 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.[Websters]. 3. To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: flinching, flinched, flinches, flincher, flinchers, flinchingly and flinchedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being balking.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being staggering or doddering. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being frightening or terrifying. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being decreasing or diminishing.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "FLINCHING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1636. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FLINCHING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Failing to undertake, perform or proceed; shrinking; withdrawing.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of flinch. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Common Expressions: flinch
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Learning to Flinch | Learning to Flinch is a live acoustic album by American singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, released in 1993. (see 1993 in music). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: flinch | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Flinch | 21 | Flinch | 21 | |
| Flinch (song) | 8 | Flinch (card game) | 4 | |
| Learning to Flinch | 8 | Flinch (DC Comics) | 6 | |
| Flinch (DC Comics) | 6 | Flinch (song) | 8 | |
| Flinch (card game) | 4 | James Flinch | 2 | |
| James Flinch | 2 | Learning to Flinch | 8 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
