Defn: To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.

TWINGE
Twinge, n.

1. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch. A master that gives you . . . twinges by the ears. L' Estrange.

2. A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side. " A twinge for my own sin." Dryden.

TWINING
Twin"ing, a.

Defn: Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.

TWINING
Twin"ing, a.

Defn: The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of climbing spirally.

TWINK
Twink, v. i. Etym: [OE. twinken. See Twinkle.]

Defn: To twinkle. [Obs.]