| Twinge | n. 1. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch. [ 1913 Webster ] A master that gives you . . . twinges by the ears. L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Twinge | v. t. [ 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. þvinga, Sw. tvinga to subdue, constrain, Dan. tvinge, and AS. þün to press, OHG. dūhen, and probably to E. thong. Perhaps influenced by twitch. Cf. Thong. ] 1. To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains. [ 1913 Webster ] The gnat . . . twinged him [ the lion ] till he made him tear
himself, and so mastered him. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
