Usually means: Performer bending body in extreme ways.
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  1. contortionist: Merriam-Webster
  2. contortionist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contortionist: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contortionist: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. contortionist: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. contortionist: Wiktionary
  9. contortionist: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. contortionist: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. contortionist: Infoplease Dictionary
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  13. Contortionist, The Contortionist, The contortionist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. contortionist: Rhymezone
  15. contortionist: FreeDictionary.org
  16. contortionist: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. contortionist: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. contortionist: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. contortionist: Encyclopedia

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  1. contortionist: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  An acrobat who is capable of twisting their body into unusual positions.
noun:  One who twists words and phrases.

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