Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A sharp, sudden physical pain. See Synonyms at pain.
- n. A mental or emotional pain: a twinge of guilt.
- v. To cause to feel a sharp pain.
- v. Obsolete To tweak; pinch.
- v. To feel a twinge or twinges.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To press; constrain; oppress; affiict.
- To pull with a sharp, pinching jerk; tweak; twitch.
- To torment with sharp, darting pains; sting: said of physical or mental pain.
- To have a sharp, jerking pain, like a twitch; suffer a keen, shooting pain.
- n. A nipping or pinching; a twitch; a tweak.
- n. A sharp, darting pain of momentary continuance; a pang, physical or mental.
- n. Synonyms See pain and agony.
Wiktionary
- n. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
- n. A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.
- v. To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
- v. To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
- v. To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
- v. To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
- v. To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain.
- n. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
- n. A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance.
WordNet 3.0
- v. cause a stinging pain
- v. feel a sudden sharp, local pain
- v. squeeze tightly between the fingers
- n. a sharp stab of pain
- n. a sudden sharp feeling
Etymologies
- From Old English twengan. (Wiktionary)
- From Middle English twengen, to pinch, from Old English twengan. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“One stoical person’s mild twinge is another, more sensitive patient’s agony.”
“The delicate crystalline structure which had risen in the wake of his twinge was the result.”
“Following Sunday's 30-16 loss to the Rams, Bidwell said he felt a "twinge" on his final punt earlier that afternoon.”
The Washington Post: Early signs on Bidwell's hip are not encouraging
“McCain gives me that ... well ... that imperial Romanesque kind of twinge in my belly.”
“Suffice it to say that if I feel any kind of twinge, I wait awhile to see if it's worth the time investment to go.”
“I am not more straight-laced than many people, yet I confess it always gives me a kind of twinge to see a young man yielding to intemperance of any kind.”
“However, the bi-polar Albert Square resident is in for a fright when she feels a "twinge" in her tummy and worries she is losing the baby.”
“Mine started as a "twinge" in my neck almost as if I had pinched a nerve.”
“When she's feeling that "twinge" Ali says she soon remembers that she's fortunate Estela and Felicitas have each other in their lives.”
“Only a little "twinge" on the mixed guidance and the fact that despite the revenue graph going up, up, up, they never seem to generate much in the way of profits.”
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