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TWINGE
twinge
(noun) a sharp stab of pain
pang, stab, twinge
(noun) a sudden sharp feeling; “pangs of regret”; “she felt a stab of excitement”; “twinges of conscience”
pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
(verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers; “He pinched her behind”; “She squeezed the bottle”
twinge
(verb) feel a sudden sharp, local pain
prick, sting, twinge
(verb) cause a stinging pain; “The needle pricked his skin”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
twinge (plural twinges)
A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
A sudden sharp pain.
Verb
twinge (third-person singular simple present twinges, present participle twinging or twingeing, simple past and past participle twinged)
(transitive) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
• Hudibras
(transitive) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
• L'Estrange
(intransitive) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain.
Anagrams
• Winget, tewing
Source: Wiktionary
Twinge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Twinging.] Etym: [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. þvinga, Sw. tvinga to subdue, constrain, Dan. twinge, and AS. þün to press, OHG. duhen, 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.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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