twist

  1. Noun.  A twisting force.
  2. Noun.  Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
  3. Noun.  the degree of stress or strain when twisted.
  4. Noun.  A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
  5. Noun.  A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
  6. Noun.  A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
  7. Noun.  A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
  8. Noun.  An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
  9. Noun.  A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Wikipedia:Twist (dance).
  10. Noun.  A rotation of the body when diving.
  11. Noun.  A sprain, especially to the ankle.
  12. Noun.  (obsolete) twig.
  13. Verb.  To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
  14. Verb.  (transitive) (rfdef, lang en) .
  15. Verb.  To join together by twining one part around another.
  16. Verb.  To turn a knob etc.
  17. Verb.  To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
  18. Verb.  To form a '''twist''' (in any of the above noun meanings).
  19. Verb.  To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
  20. Verb.  (intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
  21. Verb.  (transitive) To cause to rotate.
  22. Verb.  (intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
  23. Verb.  (transitive) to coax.
  24. Verb.  (card games) in the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.

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