winching

Verb (1)

winch (third-person singular simple present winches, present participle winching, simple past and past participle winched)

1. To use a winch
   • Winch in those sails, lad!

Verb (2)

winch (third-person singular simple present winches, present participle winching, simple past and past participle winched)

1. To wince; to shrink
   • It is not the first time a cat-o'-nine-tails has been across my back for other men's misdeeds. Promise me a good flask of brandy when I'm done with it, and I warrant ye I'll never winch.1812, Joanna Baillie, The Dream, part Act 1
2. To kick with impatience or uneasiness.

Verb (3)

winch (third-person singular simple present winches, present participle winching, simple past and past participle winched)

1. (Scotland, ambitransitive, colloquial) to court
   • They “clicked” each other, kidded each other, and by and by they would “winch” and marry each other.1935, Lennox Kerr, Woman of Glenshiels
2. (Scotland, ambitransitive, colloquial) to kiss, snog
   • She turned and looked at me, amused, gave a wee chuckle, kissed me on the mouth hard and quick, and again, and we were kissing for real, lingering, soft and moist and warm, me and Jeannie winching, and I wanted it not to stop.1998, Alan Spence, Way to go, page 61

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