twinge
noun
[ twɪn(d)ʒ ]
• a sudden, sharp localized pain.
• "he felt a twinge in his knee"
Similar:
pain,
sharp pain,
shooting pain,
stab of pain,
spasm,
ache,
throb,
cramp,
stitch,
throe,
twinge
verb
• (of a part of the body) suffer a sudden, sharp localized pain.
• "stop the exercises if the tummy twinges"
Origin:
Old English twengan ‘pinch, wring’, of Germanic origin. The noun dates from the mid 16th century.
