• IPA: /wɪns/

wince (plural winces)

1. A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
2. 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.

• German: Zusammenzucken
• Russian: вздра́гивание

wince (winces, present participle wincing; past and past participle winced)

1. (intransitive) To flinch as if in pain or distress.
   • c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene i]:

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

2. (transitive) To wash (cloth), dip it in dye, etc., with the use of a wince.
3. To kick or flounce when unsteady or impatient.

   A horse winces.

• French: grimacer
• German: zusammenzucken
• Russian: вздра́гивать

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