Definitions for: Twinge


[n] a sharp stab of pain
[n] sudden sharp painful emotion; "pangs of regret" or"twinges of conscience"
[v] squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
[v] feel a sudden sharp, local pain
[v] cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"



Webster (1913) Definition: Twinge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twinged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Twinging.] [OE. twengen, AS. twengan; akin to OE. twingen
to pain, afflict, OFries. thwinga, twinga, dwinga, to
constrain, D. dwingen, OS. thwingan, G. zwingen, OHG.
dwingan, thwingan, to press, oppress, overcome, Icel.
[thorn]vinga, Sw. tvinga to subdue, constrain, Dan. twinge,
and AS. [thorn]["u]n to press, OHG. d[=u]hen, and probably to
E. thong. Perhaps influenced by twitch. Cf. Thong.]
1. To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.

When a man is past his sense, There's no way to
reduce him thence, But twinging him by the ears or
nose, Or laying on of heavy blows. --Hudibras.

2. To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with
pinching or sharp pains.

The gnat . . . twinged him [the lion] till he made
him tear himself, and so mastered him. --L'Estrange.


Twinge, v. i.
To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer
a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.


Twinge, n.
1. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.

A master that gives you . . . twinges by the ears.
--L' Estrange.

2. A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary
continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side. `` A twinge
for my own sin.'' --Dryden.

Synonyms: nip, pang, pinch, prick, squeeze, sting, tweet, twitch

See Also: ache, grip, guilt pang, hurt, pain, pain, painful sensation, painfulness, prickle, suffer, tweak

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