1. v. & n.
--v.intr.
1. draw back in pain or expectation of a blow etc.; wince.
2 (often foll. by from) give way; shrink, turn aside (flinched from his duty).
--n. an act or instance of flinching.
Derivatives:
flincher n. flinchingly adv.
Etymology: OF flenchir, flainchir f. WG 2.
flinders n.pl. fragments; splinters.
Etymology: ME, prob. f. Scand.