Dictionary Entry
twinge
twinge is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
- 2intransitive verb
To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
- 3intransitive verb
To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.
- 4noun
A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
- 5noun
A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.
- 6noun
a sharp stab of pain
- 7noun
a sudden sharp feeling
"pangs of regret"
"she felt a stab of excitement"
- 8verb
squeeze tightly between the fingers
"He pinched her behind"
"She squeezed the bottle"
- 9verb
feel a sudden sharp, local pain
- 10verb
cause a stinging pain
"The needle pricked his skin"
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