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twinge

  [twinj] ,noun, verb, twinged, twing⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a sudden, sharp pain: On damp days, he's often bothered by a twinge of rheumatism.
2. a mental or emotional pang: a twinge of guilt; twinges of sorrow.
–verb (used with object)
3. to affect (the body or mind) with a sudden, sharp pain or pang.
4. to pinch; tweak; twitch.
–verb (used without object)
5. to have or feel a sudden, sharp pain.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME twengen to pinch, OE twengan

Synonyms:
1. spasm, cramp, pang, stab.
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twinge   (twĭnj)   
n.  
  1. A sharp, sudden physical pain. See Synonyms at pain.
  2. A mental or emotional pain: a twinge of guilt.
v.   twinged, twing·ing, twing·es

v.   tr.
  1. To cause to feel a sharp pain.
  2. Obsolete To tweak; pinch.
v.   intr.
To feel a twinge or twinges.

[From Middle English twengen, to pinch, from Old English twengan.]
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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]["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

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

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.
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Language Translation for : twinge
Spanish: punzada, dolor agudo, pinchazo,
German: das Stechen,
Japanese: うずき
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twinge  (n.)
1548, "a pinch," from obsolete verb twinge "to pinch, tweak," from O.E. twengan "to pinch," of uncertain origin. Meaning "sharp, sudden pain" is recorded from 1608. Fig. sense (with ref. to shame, remorse, etc.) is recorded from 1622.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: twinge
Pronunciation: 'twinj
Function: noun
: a sudden sharp stab of pain
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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twinge (twĭnj)
n.
A sharp, sudden physical pain. v. twinged, twing·ing, twing·es
To cause to feel a sharp pain.

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