Definition of "twinge" []

• A sharp, sudden physical pain. See Synonyms at pain. (noun)
• A mental or emotional pain: a twinge of guilt. (noun)
• To cause to feel a sharp pain. (verb-transitive)
• Obsolete To tweak; pinch. (verb-transitive)
• To feel a twinge or twinges. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "One stoical person’s mild twinge is another, more sensitive patient’s agony."
• "The delicate crystalline structure which had risen in the wake of his twinge was the result."
• "Following Sunday's 30-16 loss to the Rams, Bidwell said he felt a "twinge" on his final punt earlier that afternoon."