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

1. intransitive verb. To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
2. intransitive verb. To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
3. intransitive 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 sharp stab of pain
7. noun. a sudden sharp feeling

   "pangs of regret"

   "she felt a stab of excitement"

   Synonyms: pang, stab

8. verb. squeeze tightly between the fingers

   "He pinched her behind"

   "She squeezed the bottle"

   Synonyms: nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twitch

9. verb. feel a sudden sharp, local pain
10. verb. cause a stinging pain

    "The needle pricked his skin"

    Synonyms: prick, sting

Synonyms

pang, stab, nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twitch, prick, sting

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in twinge:

tewing

Common word forms

twinged, twinges, twinging, twingeing

Words from these letters

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