Twinge
[twɪn(d)ʒ] or [twɪndʒ]
Definition
(noun.) a sharp stab of pain.
(verb.) feel a sudden sharp, local pain.
Inputed by Bartholomew--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
(v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
(v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.
(n.) A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
(n.) A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.
Inputed by Lilly
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Tweak, twitch, pinch, pull rudely.
n. Gripe, pang, sharp pain.
Typed by Lisa
Definition
v.t. to twitch or pinch: to affect with a sharp sudden pain.—v.i. to have or suffer a sudden sharp pain like a twitch.—n. a twitch a pinch: a sudden sharp pain.
Inputed by Jeanine
Examples
- Mrs. Garth felt a severe twinge at this mention of her husband, the fear that Caleb might think her in the wrong not being easily endurable. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- As Mr. Weller said this, the man's features assumed an unearthly twinge, perfectly hideous. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I owe more than one twinge of jealousy to that quarter. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mindful of the wondering dinner, Twemlow, with a little twinge, admits the imputation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Oh, yes, my agonies were frightful, Becky owned, not perhaps without a twinge of conscience. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If I can do you a service, I don't mind a passing twinge of regret. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- If the ends of the wires attached to the strips are brought in contact with each other and then separated, a faint spark passes, and if the ends are placed on the tongue, a twinge is felt. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Yes, I think so, said Fred, with an unpleasant twinge. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We even steamed recklessly by the frowning fortress of Malabat (a stronghold of the Emperor of Morocco) without a twinge of fear. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Lucy