Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/November 16

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Word of the day
for November 16
twinge v
  1. (intransitive)
    1. To have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch.
    2. (obsolete except UK, dialectal) To pull and twist.
  2. (transitive, obsolete)
    1. (except UK, dialectal) To pull and twist (someone or something); to pinch, to tweak, to twitch, to wring.
    2. To affect or torment (someone, their mind, or part of their body) with one or more sudden, pinching or sharp pains; to irritate.
    3. (figurative) To prick or stimulate (one's conscience).

twinge n

  1. A sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time.
  2. (rare, also figurative) A turn, a twist.
  3. (figurative)
    1. A sudden, sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of guilt or sadness; a pang, a paroxysm, a throe; also, a prick of the conscience.
    2. A sudden, sharp occurrence of something; a nip.
  4. (UK, dialectal) Synonym of earwig (“insect of the order Dermaptera”)
  5. (obsolete) An act of pulling and twisting; a pinch, a tweak, a twitch.
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