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Wince

//wɪns// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
  2. 2
    a reflex response to sudden pain wordnet
  3. 3
    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.
  4. 4
    the facial expression of sudden pain wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To flinch as if in pain or distress. intransitive

    "I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word."

  2. 2
    make a face indicating disgust or dislike wordnet
  3. 3
    To wash (cloth), dip it in dye, etc., with the use of a wince. transitive
  4. 4
    draw back, as with fear or pain wordnet
  5. 5
    To kick or flounce when unsteady or impatient.

    "A horse winces."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

German surname, probably Americanized from Winz, Wintz.

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