What does twist mean?
Definitions for twist
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word twist.
Princeton's WordNet
turn, turn of events, twistnoun
an unforeseen development
"events suddenly took an awkward turn"
construction, twistnoun
an interpretation of a text or action
"they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
device, gimmick, twistnoun
any clever maneuver
"he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirlnoun
the act of rotating rapidly
"he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
wrench, twist, pullnoun
a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
"the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"
kink, twist, twirlnoun
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
bend, crook, twist, turnnoun
a circular segment of a curve
"a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
eddy, twistnoun
a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
twist, wrenchnoun
a jerky pulling movement
braid, plait, tress, twistnoun
a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
twistnoun
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"
wind, winding, twistnoun
the act of winding or twisting
"he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
twist, turnverb
turning or twisting around (in place)
"with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"
writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twistverb
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
"The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
flex, bend, deform, twist, turnverb
cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
"bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
twistverb
turn in the opposite direction
"twist one's head"
twist, twine, distortverb
form into a spiral shape
"The cord is all twisted"
twistverb
form into twists
"Twist the strips of dough"
wind, twist, curveverb
extend in curves and turns
"The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
twistverb
do the twist
wrench, twistverb
twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
"wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"
twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticateverb
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
"Don't twist my words"
twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rickverb
twist suddenly so as to sprain
"wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"
Wiktionary
twistnoun
A twisting force
twistnoun
Anything twisted, or the act of twisting
twistnoun
the degree of stress or strain when twisted.
twistnoun
A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
twistnoun
A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
twistnoun
A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
twistnoun
A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
twistnoun
An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
twistnoun
A type of dance characterised by rotating one's hips. See Wikipedia:Twist (dance)
twistverb
To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
twistverb
To join together by twining one part around another.
twistverb
To turn a knob etc.
twistverb
To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
twistverb
To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
twistverb
To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
twistverb
To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
twistverb
To cause to rotate
twistnoun
A rotation of the body when diving.
twistnoun
A sprain, especially to the ankle.
twistnoun
twig
twistverb
To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips)
twistverb
to coax
twistverb
in the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Twistnoun
Etymology: from the verb.
Minerva nurs’d him
Within a twist of twining osiers laid. Addison.Winding a thin string about the work, hazards its breaking by the fretting of the several twists against one another. Joseph Moxon, Mech. Exer.
Through these labyrinths, not my grov’ling wit,
But thy silk twist, let down from heav’n to me,
Did both conduct and teach me, how by it
To climb to thee. George Herbert.About his chin the twist
He ty’d, and soon the strangl’d soul dismiss’d. Dryden.Not the least turn or twist in the fibres of any one animal, which does not render them more proper for that particular animal’s way of life than any other cast or texture. Addison.
Jack shrunk at first sight of it; he found fault with the length, the thickness, and the twist. Arbuthnot.
To TWISTverb
Etymology: getwisan , Saxon; twisten, Dutch.
Do but despair,
And if thou want’st a cord, the smallest thread
That ever spider twisted from her womb,
Will strangle thee. William Shakespeare.To reprove discontent, the ancients feigned, that in hell stood a man twisting a rope of hay; and still he twisted on, suffering an ass to eat up all that was finished. Taylor.
Would Clothowash her hands in milk,
And twist our thread with gold and silk;
Would she in friendship, peace, and plenty,
Spin out our years to four times twenty,
And should we both in this condition,
Have conquer’d love, and worse ambition,
Else these two passions by the way,
May chance to shew us scurvy play. Matthew Prior.The task were harder to secure my own
Against the pow’r of those already known;
For well you twist the secret chains that bind
With gentle force the captivated mind. .Either double it into a pyramidical, or twist it into a serpentine form. Alexander Pope.
There are pillars of smoke twisted about with wreaths of flame. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.
If thou dost love fair Hero, cherish it,
And thou shalt have her: was’t not to this end
That thou began’st to twist so fine a story? William Shakespeare.All that know how prodigal
Of thy great soul thou art, longing to twist
Bays with that joy, which so early kist
Thy youthful temples, with what horror we
Think on the blind events of war. Edmund Waller.When avarice twists itself, not only with the practice of men, but the doctrines of the church; when ecclesiasticks dispute for money, the mischief seems fatal. Decay of Piety.
To Twistverb
To be contorted; to be convolved.
In an ileus, commonly called the twisting of the guts, is a circumvolution or insertion of one part of the gut within the other. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
Deep in her breast he plung’d the shining sword:
Th’Inachians view the slain with vast surprize,
Her twisting volumes, and her rolling eyes. Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
Twist
The Twist is an American pop song written and originally released in early 1959 (having been recorded on November 11, 1958) by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters as a B-side to "Teardrops on Your Letter". Ballard's version was a moderate 1960 hit, peaking at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. Chubby Checkers 1960 cover version of the song gave birth to the Twist dance craze. His single became a hit, reaching number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 19, 1960, where it stayed for one week, and setting a record as the only song to reach number 1 in two different hit parade runs when it resurfaced and topped the popular hit parade again for two weeks starting on January 13, 1962. In 1988, "The Twist" again became popular due to a new recording of the song by The Fat Boys featuring Chubby Checker. This version reached number 2 in the United Kingdom and number 1 in Germany. In 2014, Billboard magazine declared the song the "biggest hit" of the 1960s.
ChatGPT
twist
Twist generally refers to a sudden and unexpected change in situation, direction, or form. This term can be used in various contexts such as literature, movement, or shape. In literature, a twist often refers to a surprising turn of events in a story's plot. In movement, a twist refers to an action of rotating or turning something around an axis or center. In terms of shape, a twist refers to a distorted or warped form often created by bending or rotating.
Webster Dictionary
Twistverb
to contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve
Twistverb
hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author
Twistverb
to distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft
Twistverb
to wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts
Twistverb
to wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns
Twistverb
to unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread
Twistverb
hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up
Twistverb
to form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton
Twistverb
to be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others
Twistverb
to follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix
Twistnoun
the act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending
Twistnoun
the form given in twisting
Twistnoun
that which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts
Twistnoun
a cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other
Twistnoun
a kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like
Twistnoun
a kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties
Twistnoun
a roll of twisted dough, baked
Twistnoun
a little twisted roll of tobacco
Twistnoun
one of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling
Twistnoun
a material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist
Twistnoun
the spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon
Twistnoun
a beverage made of brandy and gin
Twistverb
a twig
Wikidata
Twist
The Twist was a dance inspired by rock and roll music. It became the first worldwide dance craze in the early 1960s, enjoying immense popularity among young people and drawing fire from critics who felt it was too provocative. It inspired dances such as the Jerk, the Pony, the Watusi, the Mashed Potato, the Monkey and the Funky Chicken, but none were as popular. The dance was inspired by "The Twist," Chubby Checker's 1960 cover of the B-side of Hank Ballard and The Midnighters' 1959 single, "Teardrops on Your Letter." A world record was set in Deland, Florida on October 11, 2012, when Chubby Checker sang the song live and the crowd danced. An estimated 4,000 people twisted along with Checker, surpassing the previous Guinness World Record record for most people twisting in the streets at once.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Twist
twist, v.t. to twine: to unite or form by winding together: to form from several threads: to encircle with something: to wreathe: to wind spirally: to turn from the true form or meaning: to fabricate, compose: to cause to move spirally, to bend: to wrest, wrench: to insinuate.—v.i. to be united by winding: to be bent, to move spirally: to revolve: to writhe.—n. that which is twisted: a cord: a single thread: manner of twisting: a contortion: a small roll of tobacco: a strong silk thread: (obs.) coarse cloth: a wrench, strain: a peculiar bent, perversion: (slang) a mixed drink, also an appetite for food.—adjs. Twist′able; Twist′ed.—n. Twīst′er, one who, or that which, twists: a whirling wind, a tornado: the inner part, of the thigh of a rider on horseback: a ball, as in cricket, billiards, &c., sent with a twist.—v.t. Twist′le (Scot.), to twist.—n. a wrench.—Twist of the wrist, the turning movement of the wrist in any work requiring dexterity, any quick action. [A.S. twist, a rope—twí-, two; Ger. zwist, discord.]
CrunchBase
Twist
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Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
twist
This term is employed by gun-makers to express the inclination of a groove at any point, and is measured by the tangent of the angle made by the groove with the axis of the bore.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TWIST
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Twist is ranked #21288 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Twist surname appeared 1,231 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Twist.
83.9% or 1,033 total occurrences were White.
6.5% or 81 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
4.6% or 57 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
3.5% or 44 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'twist' in Verbs Frequency: #747
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of twist in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of twist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of twist in a Sentence
This is the first time we are going to see the payers really exert their influence here as much as the physicians and the patients and that's going to be an interesting twist for the story.
There was a twist a the end of the first season that she did not see coming, and I think there's a lot of fallout that happens from the that in the new season.
His long career has been marked by his incredible ideological flexibility an uncanny ability to twist and bend with the political wind.
I love it because it's extremely versatile and I can organize all of my essentials in it without my bag being too bulky, i also love the fabric and color as it's a nice twist on a classic tote bag shape.
Don't twist your voice while singing, You will hate how it sound when you are quiet
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- برم, لوىArabic
- překroutit, kroutit, twistCzech
- wickeln, drehen, Biegung, Zwirn, verdrehen, verziehen, Twist, WendungGerman
- tordiEsperanto
- torcerSpanish
- تافتنPersian
- kierretty, äkkimutka, twist, mutka, ymmärtää, mutkittelu, väärinymmärrys, vääristely, vääntää, kierre, kääntää, punoa, käänne, siivu, kierto, vääntö, kiertää, vääristellä, vääntyminen, nyrjähdysFinnish
- twist, entortiller, torsion, tordreFrench
- sníomh, freangIrish
- snìomh, carScottish Gaelic
- faastManx
- թվիստArmenian
- travisamento, filamento, torsione, giravolta, forzatura, torcere, scorza, contorsione, piega, distorsione, filoItalian
- 捻るJapanese
- ئاڵاندنKurdish
- opponoLatin
- kanoiMāori
- kręcićPolish
- torcerPortuguese
- răsuci, întortochea, stoarce, învârtiRomanian
- скрутить, вертеть, изогнуть, исказить, изгибать, твист, скручивать, искажать, повернуть, крутитьRussian
- izvrnutiSerbo-Croatian
- vridaSwedish
- кривитиUkrainian
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