WordUnscrambler Home
flinches
We have found lemma(root) word of flinches : flinch.
Definitions
[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’
Click here to see the free dictionary definition for flinches
definition by Oxford Dictionaries