Winces

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.

2.nounA 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.

Synonyms

flinch cringe quail shrink recoil funk squinch twitches cringes flinches chuckles recoils

Rhymes With

quinces rinses dunces dunce is once his once is

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