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blench

/blɛnt͡ʃ/

noun

Meaning

  • A deceit; a trick.

  • A sidelong glance.

verb

Meaning

  • To shrink; start back; give way; flinch; turn aside or fly off.

  • (of the eye) To quail.

  • To deceive; cheat.

  • To draw back from; shrink; avoid; elude; deny, as from fear.

  • To hinder; obstruct; disconcert; foil.

  • To fly off; to turn aside.