wince

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German surname, probably Americanized from Winz, Wintz.

From Middle English wyncen, from Anglo-Norman winchir (compare Old French guenchir), from Frankish *wankjan, related to *winkijan (“to flex, bend”). See also German winken.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: потръпване (potrǎpvane) — gesture of shrinking away
• Czech: ucuknutí — gesture of shrinking away
• Dutch: samentrekking — gesture of shrinking away
• Dutch: stuip — gesture of shrinking away
• Finnish: vavahdus — gesture of shrinking away
• Finnish: sävähdys — gesture of shrinking away
• Finnish: kavahdus — gesture of shrinking away
• Galician: estremecemento — gesture of shrinking away
• Galician: arreguizo — gesture of shrinking away
• Galician: arrepío — gesture of shrinking away
• Galician: sobresalto — gesture of shrinking away
• German: Zusammenzucken — gesture of shrinking away
• Hungarian: összerezzen — gesture of shrinking away
• Romanian: fior — gesture of shrinking away
• Russian: вздра́гивание (vzdrágivanije) — gesture of shrinking away
• Russian: содрога́ние (sodrogánije) — gesture of shrinking away
• Serbo-Croatian: lecnuti se — gesture of shrinking away
• Turkish: irkilme — gesture of shrinking away
• Turkish: ürkme — gesture of shrinking away
• Bulgarian: трепвам (trepvam) — to flinch as if in pain
• Bulgarian: потръпвам (potrǎpvam) — to flinch as if in pain
• Czech: ucuknout — to flinch as if in pain
• Czech: škubnout sebou — to flinch as if in pain
• Czech: zašklebit se — to flinch as if in pain
• Czech: svraštit (obličej) — to flinch as if in pain
• Dutch: samenkrimpen — to flinch as if in pain
• Dutch: samentrekken — to flinch as if in pain
• Dutch: stuipen — to flinch as if in pain
• Dutch: huiveren — to flinch as if in pain
• Finnish: vavahtaa — to flinch as if in pain
• Finnish: kavahtaa — to flinch as if in pain
• French: grimacer — to flinch as if in pain
• German: zusammenzucken — to flinch as if in pain
• Hungarian: összerezzen — to flinch as if in pain
• Hungarian: megrezzen — to flinch as if in pain
• Hungarian: megrándul — to flinch as if in pain
• Hungarian: összerándul — to flinch as if in pain
• Hungarian: elfintorodik — to flinch as if in pain
• Hungarian: felszisszen — to flinch as if in pain
• Māori: maopo — to flinch as if in pain
• Māori: koemi — to flinch as if in pain
• Norwegian: krympe seg — to flinch as if in pain
• Russian: вздра́гивать (vzdrágivatʹ) — to flinch as if in pain
• Russian: вздро́гнуть (vzdrógnutʹ) — to flinch as if in pain
• Russian: содрога́ться (sodrogátʹsja) — to flinch as if in pain
• Russian: содрогну́ться (sodrognútʹsja) — to flinch as if in pain
• Russian: мо́рщиться (mórščitʹsja) — to flinch as if in pain
• Russian: смо́рщиться (smórščitʹsja) — to flinch as if in pain
• Serbo-Croatian: lecnuti se — to flinch as if in pain
• Spanish: hacer muecas — to flinch as if in pain
• Spanish: estremecerse — to flinch as if in pain
• Spanish: muequear de dolor — to flinch as if in pain
• Turkish: irkilmek — to flinch as if in pain
• Turkish: ürkmek — to flinch as if in pain
• Ukrainian: здригну́тися (zdryhnútysja) — to flinch as if in pain
• Woiwurrung: wan-noonin — to flinch as if in pain
• Finnish: tempoilla — to kick or flounce
• Finnish: potkia — to kick or flounce
• Finnish: tempoa — to kick or flounce