verb · transitive · rare

twinge

twinge · twinges · twinged · twingeing

щебетати, щеботіти

щебетать, чирикать, твитить

zwitschern, twittern

To have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitchTo have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch.

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/twɪnd͡ʒ/

» I felt a twinge in my chest.

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Meaning

5 senses

(intransitive)To have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch.
My side twinges if I sit too long.
feel a sudden sharp, local pain
(dialectal, intransitive)To pull and twist.
(dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To pull and twist (someone or something); to pinch, to tweak, to twitch, to wring.
(obsolete, transitive)To affect or torment (someone, their mind, or part of their body) with one or more sudden, pinching or sharp pains; to irritate.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To prick or stimulate (one's conscience).

Examples

7 sentences

I felt a twinge in my chest.
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Tom couldn't help feeling a twinge of panic.
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The twinge in my side forced me to bend.
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As soon as I started running, I felt a twinge of pain in my side.
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Benedito felt a twinge of jealousy as he watched his neighbor's billy goat grazing contentedly on a nearby hill.
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Origin

The verb is derived from Middle English twengen (“to nip, pinch, tweak; to tear at”), from

The verb is derived from Middle English twengen (“to nip, pinch, tweak; to tear at”), from Old English twenġan (“to pinch, squeeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *twangijan (“to pinch, squeeze”), from Proto-Germanic *twangijaną (“to pinch, squeeze”), the causative form of *twinganą (“to press, squeeze”); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to *þwangiz (“belt, strap, thong; pressure, restraint”) or *þwinganą, *þwinhaną (“to constrain; to force”) (whence German zwingen), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to press, pressure, squeeze”). However, the Oxford English Dictionary says there is no evidence for such a relationship.

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