flinch
- n a reflex response to sudden pain
- v draw back, as with fear or pain
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
flinders
- n British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814)
- n bits and splinters and fragments
it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage
flindersia australis
- n tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc
flindersia schottiana
- n Australian timber tree whose bark yields a poison
flindosa
- n tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc
flindosy
- n tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc
fling
- n a usually brief attempt
- n a brief indulgence of your impulses
- n the act of flinging
- v throw with force or recklessness
fling the frisbee - v move in an abrupt or headlong manner
- v indulge oneself
- v throw or cast away