Reverse Dictionary: FLINCH

VERBS
► BLENCH to flinch; to quail → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► FUNK ► FUNK ON to act in a cowardly manner; to flinch or shrink through fear; to back out of something; to surrender in a cowardly fashion → 1746 sl.
► JARG to waver, to flinch → a1614 Sc. obs.
► KECK to draw back from a bargain; to flinch → 1901 Sc. (Bk.)
► QUINCE to move, to stir, to make a slight noise; to start, to flinch → 1530 obs.
► QUINCH to move, to stir, to make a slight noise; to start, to flinch, to wince → 1530 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
► RESILE to start back from; to flinch; to withdraw → 1814 Sc.
► SCRINGE ► SKRINGE to flinch; to cringe; to shrink, as from pain, cold, or fear; to flinch; to wince; to shrivel, as with sharp cold or dry head → 1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► SMAY to shrink, to flinch; to feel disinclined, etc. → 1632 obs. exc. Eng. dial.