From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Twinge \Twinge\ (tw[i^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twinged}
(tw[i^]njd); 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. tvinge, 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.
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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.
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2. To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with
pinching or sharp pains.
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The gnat . . . twinged him [the lion] till he made
him tear
himself, and so mastered him. --L'Estrange.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Twinge \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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Twinge \Twinge\, n.
1. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
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A master that gives you . . . twinges by the ears.
--L' Estrange.
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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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twinge
n 1: a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab
of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" [syn: {pang},
{stab}, {twinge}]
2: a sharp stab of pain
v 1: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn:
{prick}, {sting}, {twinge}]
2: feel a sudden sharp, local pain
3: squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind";
"She squeezed the bottle" [syn: {pinch}, {squeeze}, {twinge},
{tweet}, {nip}, {twitch}]
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