Nip
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy. To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt. To make a quick, short journey or errand; usually roundtrip.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor. A nipple, usually of a woman. A playful bite. A pinch with the nails or teeth. Briskly cold weather. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice. A small cut, or a cutting off the end. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost. A biting sarcasm; a taunt. (Hugh Latimer.) A short turn in a rope. Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.] A pickpocket.
Twinge
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.