To wince is to make a grimace or twist your face, often
involuntary done in anticipation of pain.(verb) An example of
wince is the face you make just before you get a shot by the
doctor. See wince in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: ME wynsen < Anglo-Fr var. of OFr guenchir < Frank
*wenkjan, akin to OHG wankon, to totter, turn: for IE base see
winch Origin: var. of winch See wince in American Heritage
Dictionary 4 intransitive verb winced winced, winc·ing, winc·es
Origin: Middle English wincen, to kick Origin: , from Old North
French *wencier Origin: , variant of Old French guencir Origin:
, of Germanic origin. Learn more about wince