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Meaning
Noun
●
A
twisting
force.
●
Anything
twisted
, or the
act
of twisting.
●
The form
given in
twisting.
●
The
degree
of
stress
or
strain
when twisted.
●
A type of
thread
made from two
filaments
twisted
together.
●
A
sliver
of
lemon
peel
added
to a
cocktail
, etc.
●
A
sudden
bend
(or
short
series
of
bends
) in
a road
,
path
, etc.
●
A
distortion
to the
meaning
of a
passage
or word.
●
An
unexpected
turn in
a story
,
tale
, etc.
●
In Dances:
A type of
dance
characterised
by
rotating
one’s
hips
. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
●
A
rotation
of the body when diving.
●
A
sprain
, especially to the ankle.
●
A twig.
●
A
girl
, a woman.
●
A
roll
or
baton
of
baked
dough
or
pastry
in a
twisted
shape.
●
A small
roll
of tobacco.
●
A
material
for
gun
barrels
,
consisting of
iron
and
steel
twisted
and
welded
together.
●
The
spiral
course
of the
rifling
of a
gun
barrel
or a cannon.
●
A
beverage
made of
brandy
and gin.
●
A strong individual
tendency
or
bent
; inclination.
●
An
appetite
for food.
●
Short for
hair
twist.
Verb
●
To
turn
the
ends
of something, usually
thread
,
rope
etc; in
opposite
directions
, often using force.
●
To
join
together by
twining
one part around another.
●
To
contort
; to
writhe
; to
complicate
; to
crook
spirally
; to convolve.
●
To
wreathe
; to
wind
; to
encircle
; to
unite
by
intertexture
of parts.
●
To
wind
into; to insinuate.
●
To
turn
a
knob
etc.
●
To
distort
or change the
truth
or
meaning
of
words
when repeating.
●
To form a
twist
(in any of the above
noun
meanings).
●
To
injure
(a
body part
) by
bending
it
in the wrong
direction.
●
To
wind
; to
follow
a
bendy
or
wavy
course
; to have many bends.
●
To cause to rotate.
●
To
dance
the
twist
(a type of
dance
characterised
by
twisting
one's
hips).
●
To coax.
●
In Card games & Dances:
In
the game
of
blackjack
(pontoon or
twenty-one
), to be
dealt
another card.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
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