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