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Twist   /twɪst/   Listen
Twist

noun
1.
An unforeseen development.  Synonyms: turn, turn of events.
2.
An interpretation of a text or action.  Synonym: construction.
3.
Any clever maneuver.  Synonyms: device, gimmick.  "It was a great sales gimmick" , "A cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
4.
The act of rotating rapidly.  Synonyms: spin, twirl, twisting, whirl.  "It broke off after much twisting"
5.
A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments.  Synonyms: pull, wrench.  "He was sidelined with a hamstring pull"
6.
A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight.  Synonyms: kink, twirl.
7.
A circular segment of a curve.  Synonyms: bend, crook, turn.  "A crook in the path"
8.
A miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself.  Synonym: eddy.
9.
A jerky pulling movement.  Synonym: wrench.
10.
A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.  Synonyms: braid, plait, tress.
11.
Social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s.
12.
The act of winding or twisting.  Synonyms: wind, winding.
13.
Turning or twisting around (in place).  Synonym: turn.
verb
(past & past part. twisted; pres. part. twisting)
1.
To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling).  Synonyms: squirm, worm, wrestle, wriggle, writhe.  "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
2.
Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.  Synonyms: bend, deform, flex, turn.  "Twist the dough into a braid" , "The strong man could turn an iron bar"
3.
Turn in the opposite direction.
4.
Form into a spiral shape.  Synonyms: distort, twine.
5.
Form into twists.
6.
Extend in curves and turns.  Synonyms: curve, wind.  "The path twisted through the forest"
7.
Do the twist.
8.
Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates.  Synonym: wrench.  "Wrench oneself free from somebody's grip" , "A deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"
9.
Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.  Synonyms: convolute, pervert, sophisticate, twist around.
10.
Twist suddenly so as to sprain.  Synonyms: rick, sprain, turn, wrench, wrick.  "The wrestler twisted his shoulder" , "The hikers sprained their ankles when they fell" , "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"



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"Twist" Quotes from Famous Books



... Diamond," said North Wind. "If there's one thing makes me more angry than another, it is the way you humans judge things by their size. I am quite as respectable now as I shall be six hours after this, when I take an East Indiaman by the royals, twist her round, and push her under. You have no right to address me in such ...
— At the Back of the North Wind • George MacDonald
... picture of the noble lady, for she's the exact imitation; but I never can get the land fog out of my eyes when I'm ashore. That's a sorry looking bit of paper, your honor, but it's what'll buy more than one twist of pig-tail." ...
— Natalie - A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds • Ferna Vale
... arms extended before him, 895 She standing graceful, erect, and winding the thread from his fingers, Sometimes chiding a little his clumsy manner of holding, Sometimes touching his hands, as she disentangled expertly Twist or knot in the yarn, unawares—for how could she help it?— Sending electrical thrills through every nerve in ...
— Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School • O. J. Stevenson
... lithe twist, in a flash Tresler had released himself, and stood confronting the giant with blazing eyes ...
— The Night Riders - A Romance of Early Montana • Ridgwell Cullum
... my heart. And I'm disappointed myself about Miss Clara, and so's scores more in the parish. The Sunday-school ain't the same as it was—no, nor the parish neither, now that she don't come among us as she used to do. But there's a twist somewheres in people's views about the education of young ladies in our day. 'Tain't so much in my way, sir, it's true, as it is in yours, to notice these things; but sometimes them as is standing a little way off gets a better view of how ...
— True to his Colours - The Life that Wears Best • Theodore P. Wilson


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