Twinge

Definition of Twinge

Pronunciation: twĭnj

v. t.	1.	To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak. [imp. & p. p. Twinged (twĭnjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Twinging.] 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.
v. i.	1.	To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.
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.

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