Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Twinge \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 \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 \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.

Source : WordNet®

twinge
     n 1: a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab
          of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" [syn: {pang}, {stab}]
     2: a sharp stab of pain
     v 1: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn: {prick},
           {sting}]
     2: feel a sudden sharp, local pain
     3: squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her
        behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: {pinch}, {squeeze},
         {tweet}, {nip}, {twitch}]