Twinge

Noun

 * 1) A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
 * 2) A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.

Verb

 * 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.

Thesaurus
ache, acute pain, agonize, ail, anguish, bite, blanch, blench, boring pain, charley horse, cramp, cramps, crick, darting pain, feel pain, feel the pangs, fulgurant pain, girdle pain, gnawing, grimace, gripe, griping, have a misery, hitch, hurt, jumping pain, kink, lancinating pain, misery, nip, pain, pang, paroxysm, pinch, pound, prick, seizure, sharp pain, shoot, shooting, shooting pain, shrink, smart, spasm, stab, stabbing pain, stitch, suffer, thrill, throb, throes, tingle, tormen, tweak, twitch, wince, wrench, writhe

Etymology
From Old English twengan.

Noun

 * Russian: резкая боль