meaning of twinge
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; as, the side twinges.
4. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
5. A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.
6. a sharp stab of pain