\Twinge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twinging}.] [OE. twengen, AS. twengan; akin to OE. twingen
to pain, afflict, OFries. thwinga, twinga, dwinga, to
constrain, D. dwingen, OS. thwingan, G. zwingen, OHG.
dwingan, thwingan, to press, oppress, overcome, Icel.
[thorn]vinga, Sw. tvinga to subdue, constrain, Dan. twinge,
and AS. [thorn]["u]n to press, OHG. d[=u]hen, and probably to
E. thong. Perhaps influenced by twitch. Cf. {Thong}.]
1. To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
         When a man is past his sense, There's no way to
         reduce him thence, But twinging him by the ears or
         nose, Or laying on of heavy blows.    --Hudibras.
2. To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with
   pinching or sharp pains.
         The gnat . . . twinged him [the lion] till he made
         him tear himself, and so mastered him. --L'Estrange.

\Twinge\, v. i.
To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer
a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.

\Twinge\, n.
1. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
         A master that gives you . . . twinges by the ears.
                                               --L' Estrange.
2. A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary
   continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side. `` A twinge
   for my own sin.'' --Dryden.