1. To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat. A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be accustomed to bear very rough usage without flinching or complaining. Locke.
2. (Croquet)
Defn: To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.
FLINCH
Flinch, n.
Defn: The act of flinching.
FLINCHER
Flinch"er, n.
Defn: One who flinches or fails.
FLINCHINGLY
Flinch"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a flinching manner.
FLINDERMOUSE
Flin"der*mouse`, n.Etym: [OE. vlindre moth (cf. D. vlinder butterfly)
+ E. mouse. Cf. Flittermouse, Flinders.] (Zoöl.)