Definitions from Wiktionary (twist)
▸ noun: A twisting force.
▸ noun: Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
▸ noun: The form given in 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 passage or word.
▸ noun: An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
▸ noun: (preceded by definite article) A modern dance popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on rotating the hips repeatedly from side to side. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
▸ noun: A rotation of the body when diving.
▸ noun: A sprain, especially to the ankle.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A twig.
▸ noun: (slang) A girl, a woman.
▸ noun: A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
▸ noun: (countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
▸ noun: A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
▸ noun: The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
▸ noun: (obsolete, slang) A beverage made of brandy and gin.
▸ noun: A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
▸ noun: (slang, archaic) An appetite for food.
▸ verb: To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
▸ verb: To join together by twining one part around another.
▸ verb: To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
▸ verb: To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
▸ verb: (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: Short for hair twist. [(mostly in plural) A portion of twisted strands of hair forming part of an Afro-textured hairstyle somewhat resembling short dreadlocks.]
▸ Also see twist
▸ Words similar to twists
▸ Usage examples for twists
▸ Idioms related to twists
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing twists
▸ Words that often appear near twists
▸ Rhymes of twists
▸ Invented words related to twists
▸ noun: A twisting force.
▸ noun: Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
▸ noun: The form given in 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 passage or word.
▸ noun: An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
▸ noun: (preceded by definite article) A modern dance popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on rotating the hips repeatedly from side to side. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
▸ noun: A rotation of the body when diving.
▸ noun: A sprain, especially to the ankle.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A twig.
▸ noun: (slang) A girl, a woman.
▸ noun: A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
▸ noun: (countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
▸ noun: A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
▸ noun: The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
▸ noun: (obsolete, slang) A beverage made of brandy and gin.
▸ noun: A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
▸ noun: (slang, archaic) An appetite for food.
▸ verb: To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
▸ verb: To join together by twining one part around another.
▸ verb: To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
▸ verb: To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
▸ verb: (reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: Short for hair twist. [(mostly in plural) A portion of twisted strands of hair forming part of an Afro-textured hairstyle somewhat resembling short dreadlocks.]
▸ Also see twist
Opposite:
Types:
Phrases:
Adjectives:
|
▸ Words similar to twists
▸ Usage examples for twists
▸ Idioms related to twists
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing twists
▸ Words that often appear near twists
▸ Rhymes of twists
▸ Invented words related to twists