blench
/blɛnt͡ʃ/verb
High School
1
To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.
2
To quail.
3
To deceive; cheat.
4
To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.
5
To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.
6
To fly off; to turn aside.