Meaning wince
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wince


c. 1300, wincen; mid-13c. winchen, "to recoil suddenly," from Anglo-French *wenchir, Old North French *wenchier (Old French guenchir) "to turn aside, avoid," from Frankish *wenkjan [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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wince


to recoil and tense the body or face.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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wince


flinch: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" the facial expression of sudden pain a reflex response to sudden pain ma [..]
Source: google-dictionary.so8848.com





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