flinch

Etymology 1
From, of Germanic origin. Compare 🇨🇬. Attested in English since the 16th century.

Noun

 * 1) A reflexive jerking away.
 * 2)  The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
 * 1)  The slipping of the foot from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.

Translations

 * Arabic: جَفَل
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: cuknutí, ucuknutí, škubnutí
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: arreguizo, arrepío,
 * German:, Zurückzucken, Zurückschrecken, Zusammenfahren
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: cuknutie, myknutie, trhnutie, šklbnutie

Verb

 * 1)  To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe.
 * 2) To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
 * 3)  To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
 * 1)  To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, дръпвам се
 * Czech: ucuknout, trhnout sebou
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: eksalti
 * Finnish:, säpsähtää
 * French: ,
 * Galician: arreguizarse, arrepiarse, estremecerse
 * German:, , , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀναπηδῶ
 * Irish: cúlaigh, creathnaigh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: wīwī, toemi, kōrapa, koemi, maopo
 * Middle English: schrynken
 * Ottoman Turkish: پوصمق
 * Polish: wzdrygać się, wzdrygnąć się
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:,  ,
 * Slovak: cuknúť sa, myknúť sa, trhnúť sa
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Czech: couvnout, ucuknout,
 * German: sich
 * Maori: kōrapa
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: vyhnúť sa