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Meaning of twinge

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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