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. þvinga, Sw. tvinga to subdue,
constrain, Dan. twinge, and AS. þün to press, OHG.
dūhen, 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.
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.
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.
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. þvinga, Sw. tvinga to subdue,
constrain, Dan. twinge, and AS. þün to press, OHG.
dūhen, 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.
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.
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.
