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.
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A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will.
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fi kavahdus (gesture of shrinking away) · ru вздра́гивание (gesture of shrinking away) · gl sobresalto (gesture of shrinking away) · fi sävähdys (gesture of shrinking away) · nl stuip (gesture of shrinking away) · sh lecnuti se (gesture of shrinking away) · de Zusammenzucken (gesture of shrinking away) · gl arreguizo (gesture of shrinking away) · tr irkilme (gesture of shrinking away) · bg потръпване (gesture of shrinking away) · ru содрога́ние (gesture of shrinking away) · gl arrepío (gesture of shrinking away) · gl estremecemento (gesture of shrinking away) · ro fior (gesture of shrinking away) · hu összerezzen (gesture of shrinking away) · fi vavahdus (gesture of shrinking away) · tr ürkme (gesture of shrinking away) · cs ucuknutí (gesture of shrinking away) · nl samentrekking (gesture of shrinking away)
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.
Meanings
(intransitive) To flinch as if in pain or distress.
The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago. 1935, Francis Beeding, “7/2”, in The Norwich Victims:
I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word. c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
“Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
(transitive) To wash (cloth), dip it in dye, etc., with the use of a wince.
mi maopo (to flinch as if in pain) · ru вздро́гнуть (to flinch as if in pain) · nl huiveren (to flinch as if in pain) · fi kavahtaa (to flinch as if in pain) · ru смо́рщиться (to flinch as if in pain) · tr irkilmek (to flinch as if in pain) · bg потръпвам (to flinch as if in pain) · de zusammenzucken (to flinch as if in pain) · wyi wan-noonin (to flinch as if in pain) · es hacer muecas (to flinch as if in pain) · cs škubnout sebou (to flinch as if in pain) · hu összerándul (to flinch as if in pain) · cs svraštit (obličej) (to flinch as if in pain) · mi koemi (to flinch as if in pain) · cs ucuknout (to flinch as if in pain) · hu összerezzen (to flinch as if in pain) · bg трепвам (to flinch as if in pain) · cs zašklebit se (to flinch as if in pain) · uk здригну́тися (to flinch as if in pain) · fi potkia (to kick or flounce) · fi vavahtaa (to flinch as if in pain) · ru вздра́гивать (to flinch as if in pain) · ru содрогну́ться (to flinch as if in pain) · fi tempoilla (to kick or flounce) · es muequear de dolor (to flinch as if in pain) · fr grimacer (to flinch as if in pain) · hu felszisszen (to flinch as if in pain) · fi tempoa (to kick or flounce) · sh lecnuti se (to flinch as if in pain) · nl samentrekken (to flinch as if in pain) · hu megrezzen (to flinch as if in pain) · ru содрога́ться (to flinch as if in pain) · no krympe seg (to flinch as if in pain) · hu elfintorodik (to flinch as if in pain) · hu megrándul (to flinch as if in pain) · ru мо́рщиться (to flinch as if in pain) · nl samenkrimpen (to flinch as if in pain) · tr ürkmek (to flinch as if in pain) · es estremecerse (to flinch as if in pain) · nl stuipen (to flinch as if in pain)