wince

To shrink or start involuntarily, as in pain or distress; flinch.

A shrinking or startled movement or gesture.

The act of one who winces; an involuntary shrinking movement or tendency; a slight start back or aside, as from pain or to avoid pain.

To shrink, as in pain or from a blow; start back: literally or figuratively.

To kick.

To wriggle; twist and turn.

To fling by starting or kicking.

In dyeing, to immerse in the bath by turning the wince or winch.

In dyeing, a simple hand-machine for changing a fabric from one dye-vat to another.

To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.