flinch

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• /ˈflɪnt͡ʃ/
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• [ˈfl̥ɪnt͡ʃ]
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From Middle French flenchir (“to bend”), of Germanic origin. Compare Middle High German lenken (“to bend”). Attested in English since the 16th century.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَفَل (jafal) — reflexive jerking away
• Bulgarian: трепване (trepvane) — reflexive jerking away
• Czech: cuknutí — reflexive jerking away
• Czech: ucuknutí — reflexive jerking away
• Czech: škubnutí — reflexive jerking away
• Dutch: terugdeinzen — reflexive jerking away
• Finnish: säpsähdys — reflexive jerking away
• Galician: arreguizo — reflexive jerking away
• Galician: arrepío — reflexive jerking away
• Galician: estremecemento — reflexive jerking away
• German: Zucken — reflexive jerking away
• German: Zurückzucken — reflexive jerking away
• German: Zurückschrecken — reflexive jerking away
• German: Zusammenfahren — reflexive jerking away
• Russian: вздра́гивание (vzdrágivanije) — reflexive jerking away
• Russian: отдёргивание (otdjórgivanije) — reflexive jerking away
• Slovak: cuknutie — reflexive jerking away
• Slovak: myknutie — reflexive jerking away
• Slovak: trhnutie — reflexive jerking away
• Slovak: šklbnutie — reflexive jerking away
• Azerbaijani: hürkmək — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Azerbaijani: ürkmək — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Azerbaijani: irkilmək — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Bulgarian: трепвам (trepvam) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Bulgarian: дръпвам се (drǎpvam se) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Czech: ucuknout — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Czech: trhnout sebou — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Dutch: terugdeinzen — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Esperanto: eksalti — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Finnish: kavahtaa — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Finnish: säpsähtää — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• French: broncher — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• French: sursauter — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Galician: arreguizarse — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Galician: arrepiarse — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Galician: estremecerse — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• German: zucken — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• German: zurückzucken — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• German: zurückschrecken — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• German: zurückweichen — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• German: zusammenzucken — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• German: wanken — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• German: zusammenfahren — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Greek: αναπηδώ (anapidó) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Ancient Greek: ἀναπηδῶ (anapēdô) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Irish: cúlaigh — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Irish: creathnaigh — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Irish: loic — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Italian: sussultare — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Japanese: 怯む (hirumu) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Māori: wīwī — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Māori: toemi — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Māori: kōrapa — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Māori: koemi — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Māori: maopo — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Middle English: schrynken — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Polish: wzdrygać się — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Polish: wzdrygnąć się — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Portuguese: estremecer — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Russian: вздра́гивать (vzdrágivatʹ) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Russian: вздро́гнуть (vzdrógnutʹ) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Russian: содрога́ться (sodrogátʹsja) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Russian: содрогну́ться (sodrognútʹsja) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Russian: отдёргиваться (otdjórgivatʹsja) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Russian: отдёрнуться (otdjórnutʹsja) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Russian: отдёргивать (otdjórgivatʹ) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Russian: отдёрнуть (otdjórnutʹ) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Russian: отпря́нуть (otprjánutʹ) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Serbo-Croatian: cimnuti — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Serbo-Croatian: lecnuti — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Serbo-Croatian: trznuti — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Slovak: cuknúť sa — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Slovak: myknúť sa — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Slovak: trhnúť sa — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Slovene: trzniti — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Spanish: estremecerse — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Spanish: reaccionar — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Spanish: inmutarse — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Spanish: encogerse — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Spanish: achicarse — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Spanish: enarcarse — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Spanish: no arrostrar — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Swedish: rycka till — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Ottoman Turkish: پوصمق (pusmak) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Ukrainian: здригну́тися (zdryhnútysja) — to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus
• Czech: couvnout — to avoid doing something momentarily
• Czech: ucuknout — to avoid doing something momentarily
• Czech: vyhnout se — to avoid doing something momentarily
• German: sich entziehen — to avoid doing something momentarily
• Māori: kōrapa — to avoid doing something momentarily
• Russian: увильнуть (uvilʹnutʹ) — to avoid doing something momentarily
• Slovak: vyhnúť sa — to avoid doing something momentarily
• Spanish: rehuir de — to avoid doing something momentarily