Flinch
Kick
Kick verb - To express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When Goku was fighting his dead grandpa he took a flying kick to the chest and didn't even flinch.
Source: No Sell - The soldier's invulnerability is clear when Walker and Trivette are unable to so much as even make him flinch during their early encounters ... not even a machine gun full of bullets or Walker's roundhouse kick can beat the soldier.
Source: Made Of Iron / Live-Action TV -
In episode 10 of Lupin III (Green Jacket) series, when Flinch aims a second kick at Lupin, he catches it and kicks Flinch in the crotch.
Source: Groin Attack / Anime and Manga
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