wincing

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

wincing

  1. present participle and gerund of wince

Noun[edit]

wincing (plural wincings)

  1. The act by which someone winces; a grimace.
    • 1855, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass:
      poverties, wincings, and sulky retreats