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▸ verb: To have a sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, like a twitch.
▸ verb: (obsolete except UK, dialectal) To pull and twist.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete)
▸ verb: (except UK, dialectal) To pull and twist (someone or something); to pinch, to tweak, to twitch, to wring.
▸ verb: To affect or torment (someone, their mind, or part of their body) with one or more sudden, pinching or sharp pains; to irritate.
▸ verb: (figurative) To prick or stimulate (one's conscience).
▸ noun: A sudden, pinching or sharp pain in a specific part of the body, especially one lasting for a short time.
▸ noun: (rare, also figurative) A turn, a twist.
▸ noun: (figurative)
▸ noun: A sudden, sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of guilt or sadness; a pang, a paroxysm, a throe; also, a prick of the conscience.
▸ noun: A sudden, sharp occurrence of something; a nip.
▸ noun: (UK, dialectal) Synonym of earwig (“insect of the order Dermaptera”)
▸ noun: (obsolete) An act of pulling and twisting; a pinch, a tweak, a twitch.
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