twinge

noun

A sharp, sudden physical pain. synonym: pain.

noun

A mental or emotional pain.

intransitive verb

To feel or be the source of a twinge or twinges.

intransitive verb

To cause to feel a twinge or twinges.

intransitive verb

To tweak; pinch.

To press; constrain; oppress; affiict.

To pull with a sharp, pinching jerk; tweak; twitch.

To torment with sharp, darting pains; sting: said of physical or mental pain.

To have a sharp, jerking pain, like a twitch; suffer a keen, shooting pain.

noun

A nipping or pinching; a twitch; a tweak.