How to pronounce “twinge”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (intransitive)
• (transitive, obsolete)
• [Noun]
• A sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time.
• (rare, also figurative) A turn, a twist.
• (figurative)
• (UK, dialectal) Synonym of earwig (“insect of the order Dermaptera”).
• (obsolete) An act of pulling and twisting; a pinch, a tweak, a twitch.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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