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noun

Twinge n.

A pinch; a tweak; a twitch. "A master that gives you... twinges by the ears."

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."

verb

Twinge v. t. (past & past part. twinged; pres. part. twinging)

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."

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."

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.

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Etymology of 'Twinge'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Twinge" Quotes from Famous Books

... information. He appeared to set himself out to win my esteem. Now a cripple is very sensitive to kindness. I could not reject his overtures. What interested motive could he have in seeking out a useless hulk like me? On the first opportunity I told Betty of the new friendship, having a twinge or two of conscience lest it ...

— The Red Planet • William J. Locke

... cigar was being extracted from the case, a wrinkle was deepening just over the left eyebrow, a twinge of something very like gout was calling forth a word or two of "foreign language," when Esther came in with a smile on her lips and an open letter ...

— Seven Little Australians • Ethel Sybil Turner

... spoke she felt a sudden little qualm of apprehension. It was purely selfish, as she told herself with a twinge of honest self-contempt. But what should she do without Penelope? It would create a big blank for her if her best friend left her for a home of her own. Somehow, the inevitable reaction of Penelope's marriage upon her own ...

— The Moon out of Reach • Margaret Pedler

... peddler whether the deceased had left a will; and she saw the Bible placed in the bottom of a new pack, which she had made for his accommodation, with a most stoical indifference; but as the six silver spoons were laid carefully by its side, a sudden twinge of her conscience objected to such a palpable waste of property, and ...

— The Spy • James Fenimore Cooper

... you add forgery? Not a shred of my romance left!" Hillard spoke jestingly, but like a man who covers up a sudden twinge of pain. ...

— The Lure of the Mask • Harold MacGrath

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