| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a flinching manner.[Websters]
2. In a balking manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a sagging manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In an inflected manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a staggering manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a frightening, scared or terrifying manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In an oscillating or wavering manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a decreasing manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective flinching.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Base (Flinching) | 1. 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] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FLINCHINGLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: flinch
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To shrink; to withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail of proceeding, or of performing any thing. Never flinch from duty. One of the parties flinched from the combat. A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be accustomed to bear very rough usage without flinching or complaining.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] A reflexive jerking away. My eye doctor hates the flinch I have every time he tries to get near my eyes. (references) | 2: [Verb] To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus. (references) | |
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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) | ||
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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). | ||||
