twinge

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
2. To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
3. To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain.

Noun

1. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
2. A sudden sharp pain.

Sinonieme

prick

sting

pang

stab

twitch

nip

squeeze

stitch

tweet

jab

pain

pinch

vellicate

ache

smart

bite

stabbing pain

tingle

shoot

puncture

stick

nibble

nick

peck

pick

⛏️

pique

poke

press

press out

pricking

prickle

prise

prod

protrude

rankle

ream

set

sheathe

smarting

spasm

spear

spur

squeeze out

stinging

throbbing

tweak

wad

wring

dull pain

sharp pain

sudden pain

have pain

roasting on a spit

shot

acute pain

ail

clamp

🗜️

clasp

crush

cut up

draw

embroider

express

extract

filigree

girdle

goad

gore

grasp

hug

hurt

inject

nab

nettle

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/twɪnd͡ʒ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: twengen

Geërf van Old English: twenġan

Verwante met Old High German: zwengen

Verwante met Old English: twingan

In summary

From Middle English twengen, from Old English twenġan (“to pinch, squeeze, twinge”), from Proto-West Germanic *twangijan, from Proto-Germanic *twangijaną (“to jam, pinch”), causative of Proto-Germanic *twinganą (“to press, clamp”), of uncertain origin, but probably related to *þwangiz (“belt, strap, clamp”). See also Old High German zwengen (“to pinch”), Old English twingan (“to press, force”).