1. Verb
To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
2. Verb
To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
3. Verb
To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.
4. Noun
A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
5. Noun
A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.
6. Noun
a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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