[blɛn(t)ʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain
(e.g: he blenched and struggled to regain his composure)

- become pale
(e.g: a shudder shook the boy's frame and his face blenched)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English blencan ‘deceive’, of Germanic origin; later influenced by blink. blench is a variant of blanch, although in practice the two senses are very difficult to disambiguate