Twinge

Quick meaning: Twinge is a verb meaning To have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch.

Meaning

To have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch.

More Meanings

1. To pull and twist.
2. To pull and twist (someone or something); to pinch, to tweak, to twitch, to wring.
3. To affect or torment (someone, their mind, or part of their body) with one or more sudden, pinching or sharp pains; to irritate.
4. To prick or stimulate (one's conscience).
5. A sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time.
6. A sudden, sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of guilt or sadness; a pang, a paroxysm, a throe; also, a prick of the conscience.
7. (rare, also figurative) A turn, a twist.

Example Sentences

My side twinges if I sit too long.

Thou twingest therewith as doth a (pair of) tongs.

Thus Captaine Beſſus, thus; thus tvvinge your noſe, thus kicke, thus tread you.

I tell thee, I do vſe to teare their hair, to kick them, and to tvvindge their noſes, if they be not carefull in auoiding me.

Word Forms

• twinges
• twingeing
• twinging
• twinged
• twingest
• twingedst
• twingeth

Synonyms for twinge

Depending on context, synonyms include earwig, vellicate, squeeze, sting, pinch, pang.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pinch, squeeze, sting, vellicate, prick, pang.

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