twinge

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /twɪnʒ/

Etymology

From Old English twengan.

Noun

twinge (plural twinges)

1. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
2. A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.
   • 1935, Francis Beeding, chapter 7/2, The Norwich Victims^[1]:

     The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.

Translations

a pinch; a tweak; a twitch

a sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side

• Greek: σουβλιά (el) (souvliá) f
• Irish: díoth (ga) m

• Russian: резкая боль f

Verb

twinge (third-person singular simple present twinges, present participle twinging, simple past and past participle twinged)

1. To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
2. To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
3. To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.