Twinge — Defs

01 v. t. To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.

imp. & p. p. Twinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Twinging

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.

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

1.
To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.

03 n. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.

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.