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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Twinge \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]

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) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  twinge
       n 1: a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab
            of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" [syn: pang, stab]
       2: a sharp stab of pain
       v 1: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [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, squeeze,
           tweet, nip, twitch]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  twinge
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η σουβλιά, οξύς στιγμιαίος πόνος
     2 η τύψη

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  twinge
     n.
     1 A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
     2 A sudden sharp pain.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
     2 (lb en transitive) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment
  with pinching or sharp pains.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a
  twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  twinge
     n.
     1 A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
     2 A sudden sharp pain.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
     2 (lb en transitive) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment
  with pinching or sharp pains.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a
  twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  twinge
     n.
     1 A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
     2 A sudden sharp pain.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
     2 (lb en transitive) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment
  with pinching or sharp pains.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a
  twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  twinge
     n.
     1 A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
     2 A sudden sharp pain.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
     2 (lb en transitive) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment
  with pinching or sharp pains.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a
  twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  twinge
     Englanti n.
     vihlaisu, pisto
     Englanti vb.
     vihlaista, pistää

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Twinge /twˈɪndʒ/
  الوخز

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  twinge //twɪnd͡ʒ// 
  1. пробождане
  a pinch; a tweak; a twitch
  2. внезапна болка
  sudden sharp pain

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  twinge /twˈɪndʒ/ 
  píchnutí

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  twinge /twˈɪndʒ/
  stechender Schmerz, Stich , Stechen 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  twinge //twɪnd͡ʒ// 
  pistos
  sudden sharp pain

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  twinge /twˈɪndʒ/ 
  1. दर्द
        "He gets twinges of arthrities."
  2. पश्चाताप
        "He felt a twinge of regret after hearing the news."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  twinge /twˈɪndʒ/
  nastup, nastup bola, probadanje, štipanje

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  twinge /twˈɪndʒ/
  1. szúró fájdalom
  2. hasító fájdalom

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  twinge /twɪnʤ/ 
   1.  szarpiący ból
   2.  uczucie, odczucie

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  twinge /twˈɪndʒ/
  1. birdenbire sancı vermek, ıstırap vermek, birdenbire sancılanmak
  2. birden gelen şiddetli sancı
  3. azap, üzüntü.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtwɪndʒ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "twinge":
     ache, acute pain, agonize, ail, anguish, bite, blanch, blench,
     boring pain, charley horse, cramp, cramps, crick, darting pain,
     feel pain, feel the pangs, fulgurant pain, girdle pain, gnawing,
     grimace, gripe, griping, have a misery, hitch, hurt, jumping pain,
     kink, lancinating pain, misery, nip, pain, pang, paroxysm, pinch,
     pound, prick, seizure, sharp pain, shoot, shooting, shooting pain,
     shrink, smart, spasm, stab, stabbing pain, stitch, suffer, thrill,
     throb, throes, tingle, tormen, tweak, twitch, wince, wrench,
     writhe
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 一阵一阵痛,如刺一样痛,剧痛;
  v. 使一阵一阵痛,刺痛;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 一阵一阵痛,如刺一样痛,剧痛
     vt. 使一阵一阵痛,刺痛

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