twinge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: twinge	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for twinge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twinge n a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" Synonym(s): pang, stab, twinge a sharp stab of pain v cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn: prick, sting, twinge] feel a sudden sharp, local pain squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" Synonym(s): pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twinge \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][81]n to press, OHG. d[umac]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twinge \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. [bd] A twinge for my own sin.[b8] --Dryden.