twist
twist
- n an unforeseen development
- n an interpretation of a text or action
- n any clever maneuver
- n the act of rotating rapidly
it broke off after much twisting - n a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
- n a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
- n a circular segment of a curve
- n a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- n a jerky pulling movement
- n a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- n social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s
they liked to dance the twist - n the act of winding or twisting
- n turning or twisting around (in place)
with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room - v to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- v cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
twist the dough into a braid - v turn in the opposite direction
twist one's head - v form into a spiral shape
The cord is all twisted - v form into twists
- v extend in curves and turns
the path twisted through the forest - v do the twist
- v twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
- v practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
Don't twist my words - v twist suddenly so as to sprain
The wrestler twisted his shoulder
- In Munich, teen-agers sport peppermint-striped skirts whose hems bear the legend "Achtung, es wird getwistet" (Watch out, we're doing the twist) and wiggle to the recorded.
- But there is a twist to the tale.
- The twist here is that a buzzer sounds at random intervals.