Definitions for twinge
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pang, stab, twingenoun

   a sudden sharp feeling

   "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"

2. twingeverb

   a sharp stab of pain

3. prick, sting, twingeverb

   cause a stinging pain

   "The needle pricked his skin"

4. twingeverb

   feel a sudden sharp, local pain

5. pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitchverb

   squeeze tightly between the fingers

   "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. twingenoun

   A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.

2. twingenoun

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

3. twingeverb

   To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.

4. twingeverb

   To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.

5. twingeverb

   To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.

6. Etymology: From Old English twengan.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Twingenoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Short sudden sharp pain.

   The wickedness of this old villain startles me, and gives me a twinge for my own sin, though far short of his. Dryd.

   2. A tweak; a pinch.

   How can you fawn upon a master that gives you so many blows and twinges by the ears. Roger L'Estrange.

2. To Twingeverb

   Etymology: twingen, German; twinge, Danish.

   1. To torment with sudden and short pain.

   The gnat charg’d into the nostrils of the lion, and there twing’d him till he made him tear himself, and so master’d him. Roger L'Estrange.

   2. To pinch; to tweak.

   When a man is past his sense,
   There’s no way to reduce him thence,
   But twinging him by th’ ears and nose,
   Or laying on of heavy blows. Hudibras.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. twinge

   A twinge is a sudden, sharp, localized pain, or a brief moment of emotional discomfort or distress.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Twingeverb

   to pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak

2. Twingeverb

   to affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains

3. Twingeverb

   to have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges

4. Twingenoun

   a pinch; a tweak; a twitch

5. Twingenoun

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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Twinge

   twinj, v.t. to twitch or pinch: to affect with a sharp, sudden pain.—v.i. to have or suffer a sudden, sharp pain, like a twitch.—n. a twitch, a pinch: a sudden, sharp pain. [M. E. twingen, cog. with Ger. zwingen, to constrain; also with Ger. zwangen, to press.]

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1. • Feeling
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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of twinge in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of twinge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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