Twinge v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twinged p. pr. & vb. n. Twinging.]
1. To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
When a man is past his sense,
There's no way to reduce him thence,
But twinging him by the ears or nose,
Or laying on of heavy blows. --Hudibras.
2. To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
The gnat . . . twinged him [the lion] till he made him tear
himself, and so mastered him. --L'Estrange.