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   Twinge

   /twinj/

   

   noun

   • 1. a sudden, sharp localized pain: "he felt a twinge in his knee" Similar painsharp painshooting painstab of painspasmachethrobcrampstitcharchaic:throe
   • ▪ a brief experience of an emotion, typically an unpleasant one: "Kate felt a twinge of guilt" Similar pangprickdartqualmscruplemisgiving

   verb

   • 1. (of a part of the body) suffer a sudden, sharp localized pain: "the ankle still twinged, but the pain was slight"

   Word Origin Old Englishtwengan ‘pinch, wring’, of Germanic origin. The noun dates from the mid 16th century.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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