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twinge


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twinge  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twinge  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twinge  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  twinge 
  n  1:  sudden  sharp  painful  emotion;  "pangs  of  regret"  or  "twinges 
  of  conscience"  [syn:  {pang}] 
  2:  a  sharp  stab  of  pain 
  v  1:  cause  a  stinging  pain  [syn:  {prick},  {sting}] 
  2:  feel  a  sudden  sharp,  local  pain 
  3:  squeeze  tightly  between  the  fingers;  "He  pinched  her 
  behind";  "She  squeezed  the  bottle"  [syn:  {pinch},  {vellicate}, 
  {squeeze},  {tweet},  {nip},  {twitch}] 




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