Twinge

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.

II. Twinge ·vi To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.

III. Twinge ·vi To pull with a twitch; to Pinch; to Tweak.

IV. Twinge ·noun A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.

V. Twinge ·vi To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.