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flinch

Pronunciation: (flinch), [key]
—v.i.
1. to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.
2. to shrink under pain; wince.
3. Croquet.to let the foot slip from the ball in the act of croqueting.

—v.t.
to draw back or withdraw from.

—n.
an act of flinching.