v
(transitive) To throng about or among; surround.
v
(intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.
v
To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.
v
(transitive) To bend, or form into a hook.
v
(intransitive) to shape one's body into a somewhat ball-like shape, with one's legs tucked into the abdomen, especially for cosiness or for protection.
v
(now rare) To pierce through.
adj
As tightly screwed as can be achieved by the strength of one's fingers, without the use of any other tools.
adj
Like a pair of forceps.
v
(transitive) To knot or twist something.
v
(intransitive) To curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb.
n
Something that sticks out.
n
A point in time during a writhing motion.
n
(idiomatic) something that is difficult or impossible to locate; something impossibly complex or intractable
adj
Having rundles; runged.
v
(transitive, dated or literary, poetic, figuratively) To thrust (a sharp object like a sword, a claw, or a tusk) into something.
n
A slow-moving traffic jam.
v
(transitive) To block (traffic); to cause (traffic) to be congested.
n
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) a traffic jam
n
(UK) A problem, dilemma or obstacle; something unexpected or troublesome (in the phrase spanner in the works)
v
(transitive) to cause to become spiky
v
To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
v
To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
v
(transitive, possibly obsolete) To pierce; to perforate, penetrate, cut through.
v
(transitive) To fasten about.
v
To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
v
(transitive) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
n
A person who tweaks something.
v
(transitive, computing) To flip or switch two adjacent bits (binary digits).
v
To twist the ends of one's moustache hairs around the fingers, especially by way of fidgeting.
v
Synonym of twiddle one's thumbs
n
A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
n
A motion that veers; a sudden swerve.
v
(dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To bend or twist.
v
(transitive) To sprain (part of the body).
v
(transitive, UK dialectal) To entangle; warp.
v
To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response.
v
(transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
adj
Obsolete form of writhen. [(archaic) Twisted, contorted.]
n
One of these sharp turns.
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