Definition of Twinge in English :

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Twinge meaning in English

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Twinge

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Noun

1. pang, stab, twinge

a sudden sharp feeling

Example Sentences:
'pangs of regret'
'she felt a stab of excitement'
'twinges of conscience'

2. twinge

a sharp stab of pain

Verb

3. prick, sting, twinge

cause a stinging pain

Example Sentences:
'The needle pricked his skin'

4. twinge

feel a sudden sharp, local pain

5. nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch

squeeze tightly between the fingers

Example Sentences:
'He pinched her behind'
'She squeezed the bottle'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Twinge

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noun
1. 
a sudden brief darting or stabbing pain
2. 
a sharp emotional pang
a twinge of guilt
verb
3. 
to have or cause to have a twinge
4. (transitive) obsolete
to pinch; tweak

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Twinge

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verb transitiveWord forms: twinged or ˈtwinging
1. 
to cause to have a sudden, brief, darting pain or pang
verb intransitive
2. 
to feel a sudden, brief, darting pain or pang
noun
3. 
a sudden, brief, darting pain or pang
4. 
a sudden, brief feeling of remorse, shame, etc.; qualm

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Twinge

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n.
1. A sharp, sudden physical pain. See Synonyms at pain.
2. A mental or emotional pain: a twinge of guilt.
v. twinged, twing·ing, twing·es
v.intr.
To feel or be the source of a twinge or twinges: My knee twinged as I stepped off the curb.
v.tr.
1. To cause to feel a twinge or twinges: His conscience twinged him.
2. Obsolete To tweak; pinch.

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