twinge

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

twinges

V_ing/Gerund

twingeing

V_ed/pp

twingingtwinged

1.
(intransitive)To have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch.
My side twinges if I sit too long.
2.
(dialectal, intransitive)To pull and twist.
3.
(dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To pull and twist (someone or something); to pinch, to tweak, to twitch, to wring.
4.
(obsolete, transitive)To affect or torment (someone, their mind, or part of their body) with one or more sudden, pinching or sharp pains; to irritate.
5.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To prick or stimulate (one's conscience).

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

twinges

1.
A sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time.
I got a twinge in my arm.
2.
(also, figuratively, rare)(rare, also figurative) A turn, a twist.
3.
(figuratively)A sudden, sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of guilt or sadness; a pang, a paroxysm, a throe; also, a prick of the conscience.
a twinge of embarrassment
4.
(figuratively)A sudden, sharp occurrence of something; a nip.
5.
(UK, dialectal)Synonym of earwig (“insect of the order Dermaptera”).
Đồng nghĩa: earwig
6.
(obsolete)An act of pulling and twisting; a pinch, a tweak, a twitch.

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Đồng nghĩa

earwig

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twingertwingeing twingingtwingytwingeytwingeing, twingingtwingy, twingey or from the noun

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Nguồn gốc từ

The verb is derived from Middle English twengen (to nip, pinch, tweak; to tear at), from Old English twenġan (to pinch, squeeze), from *twangijan (to pinch, squeeze), from Proto-Germanic *twangijaną (to pinch, squeeze), the causative form of *twinganą (to press, squeeze); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to *þwangiz (belt, strap, thong;