twinge

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /twɪnd͡ʒ/
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• rhymes with -ɪndʒ
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• CMU ARPABET: T W IH1 N JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The verb is derived from Middle English twengen (“to nip, pinch, tweak; to tear at”), from Old English twenġan (“to pinch, squeeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *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; pressure, restraint”) or *þwinganą, *þwinhaną (“to constrain; to force”) (whence German zwingen), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *twenk- (“to press, pressure, squeeze”). However, the Oxford English Dictionary says there is no evidence for such a relationship. The noun is derived from the verb.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: внезапна болка (vnezapna bolka) — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Chinese Cantonese: 刺痛 (ci3 tong3) — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Czech: píchnutí — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Czech: bodnutí — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Czech: bodavá bolest — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Dutch: scheut — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Finnish: pistos — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• French: élancement — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Greek: σουβλιά (souvliá) — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Greek: σφάχτης (sfáchtis) — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Greek: σουβλίζω (souvlízo) — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Ingrian: pisse — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Irish: díoth — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Irish: géaróg — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Irish: arraing — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Latin: stringor — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Māori: konatu — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Māori: kini — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Māori: kikino — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Māori: io — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Māori: kikini — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Occitan: ponheson — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Occitan: lançada — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Occitan: lancejada — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Plautdietsch: Stäakj — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Russian: ре́зкая боль (rézkaja bolʹ) — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Russian: при́ступ бо́ли (prístup bóli) — sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time
• Czech: bodnout — to have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch
• Czech: píchnout — to have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch
• Finnish: pistää — to have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch
• Māori: konatu — to have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch