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quinching

quinching is the present participle and gerund of quinch.

Meaning of quinch

Verb

quinch (third-person singular simple present quinches, present participle quinching, simple past and past participle quinched)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To twitch, as if in pain; flinch, wince.
    • And therupon to beſtow all my Soldiers in ſuch ſort as I have done, that no part of all that Realm ſhall be able to dare to quinch […]1598, Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande, page 213

Questions about quinching

What is quinching the present participle and gerund of?
Quinching is the present participle and gerund of quinch.

Words near quinching in the dictionary

  1. quincha
  2. Quinchao
  3. quinche
  4. quinched
  5. quinches
  6. quinching
  7. quincidence
  8. quincidences
  9. Quincies
  10. Quincieux
  11. quincite

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