About The Word Twinge
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Twinge Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Twinge?
[n] a sharp stab of pain
[n] sudden sharp painful emotion; "pangs of regret" or"twinges of conscience" [v] squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [v] feel a sudden sharp, local pain [v] cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" Synonyms | Synonyms for Twinge: nip | pang | pinch | prick | squeeze | sting | tweet | twitch Related Terms | Find terms related to Twinge: See Also | ache | grip | guilt pang | hurt | pain | pain | painful sensation | painfulness | prickle | suffer | tweak Twinge In Webster's Dictionary \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\, 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\, 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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