recoil 1verbdomain: v movementPrinceton WordNet [ver.3.1]EnglishDefinitiondraw back, as with fear or painReport errorPath to highest hypernymMorphologySynset graphExamples1.she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calfSynonymsflinch 1draw back, as with fear or painsquinch 2draw back, as with fear or painfunk 1draw back, as with fear or paincringe 1draw back, as with fear or painshrink 2draw back, as with fear or painwince 1draw back, as with fear or painquail 1draw back, as with fear or pain