Definition of Flinching

1. Verb. (present participle of flinch) ¹

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Definition of Flinching

1. flinch [v] - See also: flinch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flinching

flimping
flimps
flims
flimsier
flimsies
flimsiest
flimsily
flimsiness
flimsinesses
flimsy
flinch
flinched
flincher
flinchers
flinches
flinching
flinchingly
flincht
flinchy
flinder
flindermice
flindermouse
flinders
flindosa
flindosy
fling off
flinger
flingers
flinging

Literary usage of Flinching

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay and the Gulf of Boothia: And an Account of by Albert Hastings Markham, Sherard Osborn (1874)
"After the operation of flinching is concluded, the upper deck, as may be imagined, ... Our men were remarkably quick in flinching this our first whale, ..."

2. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... in Mid-air — Indescribable Agonies — Lips that Never Murmur — Dressing the Wounds — The Consequences of Flinching under the Knife — The " Sun Dance " of ..."

3. A History of the English Poor Law: In Connection with the State of the by George Nicholls, Thomas Mackay (1904)
"... at the Central Board—Its alleged " flinching." CONTROVERSY was not, of course, confined to those actually engaged in the administration of the law. ..."

4. A Supplement to A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law by John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"541, 100 NW 788 (testimony as to an injured person's "flinching," etc., at the touch of a doctor called a week before trial, and not for treatment, ..."

5. A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831 to 1847 by Thomas Raikes (1856)
"... and Holland, who make head against the revolutionary system without flinching; while England and France, who profess to advocate it, are daily shuffling ..."

6. The Church Cyclopædia: A Dictionary of Church Doctrine, History by Angelo Ames Benton (1884)
"... in the New Testament, one whose awful personality only Christian faith can face without flinching. Unbelief has no refuge but to deny his existence. ..."

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