quail 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 1squinch 2funk 1cringe 1shrink 2wince 1recoil 1