flinch
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The meaning (definition) of the word flinch
to pull back quickly because something surprised you
The word flinch used in a sentence
“I flinch whenever a balloon pops near me.”
How the word flinch is said around the world
| French | sursauter (sewr-soh-TAY) |
| Spanish | sobresaltarse (soh-breh-sahl-TAHR-seh) |
| Mandarin | 缩一下 (swaw ee shyah) |
| Hindi | चौंककर पीछे हटना (CHOWNK-kar PEE-chhay HUT-na) |
| Arabic | يَنْتَفِضُ (yan-TAH-fi-du) |
| Russian | вздрогнуть (VZDROHG-nuut) |
| Portuguese (EU) | recuar (ruh-koo-AHR) |
| Portuguese (BR) | recuar (hay-koo-AHR) |
| Japanese | びくっとする (bee-koot-toh-SOO-roo) |
| German | zusammenzucken (tsoo-ZAH-men-tsuuk-en) |
| Urdu | چونک کر پیچھے ہٹنا (chownk kar PEE-chhay HAT-na) |
| Punjabi | ਤ੍ਰਭਕਣਾ (truh-BHUK-nah) |
| Korean | 움찔하다 (oom-jjeel-hah-DAH) |
| Hebrew | לְהֵרָתַע (leh-hay-rah-TAY-ah) |
| Greek | τινάζομαι (tee-NAH-zoh-meh) |
| Dutch | terugdeinzen (tuh-RUKH-dine-zun) |
| Tagalog | mapapitlag (mah-pah-PEET-lahg) |
| Vietnamese | giật mình (zut MEEN) |
| Turkish | irkilmek (eer-keel-MEK) |
| Persian | جا خوردن (JAH khor-DAN) |
| Polish | wzdrygnąć się (VZDRIG-nonch shyeh) |
| Ukrainian | здригатися (zdri-HAH-tih-syah) |
| Bengali | চমকে সরে যাওয়া (CHOM-kay SHO-ray JAH-oh-ah) |
| Swedish | rygga till (RYUG-gah TIL) |
| Italian | sobbalzare (sob-bahl-TSAH-reh) |
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