Definitions for twist

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Spelling: [twist]

IPA: /twɪst/

Twist is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in twist (isttw).

Definitions for twist

noun

1. a deviation in direction; curve; bend; turn.
2. the action of turning or rotating on an axis; rotary motion; spin.
3. anything formed by or as if by twisting or twining parts together.
4. the act or process of twining strands together, as in thread, yarn, or rope.
5. a twisting awry or askew.
6. distortion or perversion, as of meaning or form.
7. a peculiar attitude or bias; eccentric turn or bent of mind; eccentricity.
8. spiral disposition, arrangement, or form.
9. spiral movement or course.
10. an irregular bend; crook; kink.
11. a sudden, unanticipated change of course, as of events.
12. a treatment, method, idea, version, etc., especially one differing from that which preceded:
13. the changing of the shape of anything by or as by turning the ends in opposite directions.
14. the stress causing this alteration; torque.
15. the resulting state.
16. a twisting or torsional action, force, or stress; torsion.
17. a strong, twisted silk thread, heavier than ordinary sewing silk, for working buttonholes and for other purposes.
18. the direction of twisting in weaving yarn; S twist or Z twist.
19. a loaf or roll of dough twisted and baked.
20. a strip of citrus peel that has been twisted and placed in a drink to add flavor.
21. a kind of tobacco manufactured in the form of a rope or thick cord.
22. a dance performed by couples and characterized by strongly rhythmic turns and twists of the arms, legs, and torso.
23. the degree of spiral formed by the grooves in a rifled firearm or cannon.
24. Gymnastics, Diving. a full rotation of the body about the vertical axis.
25. a wrench.

Idioms

1. twist one's arm, Informal. to coerce:

verb (used with object)

1. to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
2. to form by or as if by winding strands together:
3. to entwine (one thing) with another; interlace (something) with something else; interweave; plait.
4. to wind or coil (something) about something else; encircle; entwine; wreathe.
5. to alter in shape, as by turning the ends in opposite directions, so that parts previously in the same straight line and plane are located in a spiral curve:
6. to turn sharply or wrench out of place; sprain:
7. to pull, tear, or break off by turning forcibly:
8. to distort (the features) by tensing or contracting the facial muscles; contort:
9. to distort the meaning or form of; pervert:
10. to cause to become mentally or emotionally distorted; warp:
11. to form into a coil, knot, or the like by winding, rolling, etc.:
12. to bend tortuously.
13. to cause to move with a rotary motion, as a ball pitched in a curve.
14. to turn (something) from one direction to another, as by rotating or revolving:
15. to combine or associate intimately.

verb (used without object)

1. to be or become intertwined.
2. to wind or twine about something.
3. to writhe or squirm.
4. to take a spiral form or course; wind, curve, or bend.
5. to turn or rotate, as on an axis; revolve, as about something; spin.
6. to turn so as to face in another direction.
7. to turn, coil, or bend into a spiral shape.
8. to change shape under forcible turning or twisting.
9. to move with a progressive rotary motion, as a ball pitched in a curve.
10. to dance the twist.

Origin of twist

1300-50; Middle English twisten to divide, derivative of twist divided object, rope (compare Old English -twist in candel-twist pair of snuffers); cognate with Dutch twisten to quarrel, Germa

Examples for twist

This is a twist on a classic American pot pie but dressed up for company.

A pack can twist you as suddenly and expertly on your back as the best of wrestlers.

In a twist, the course of the campaign revealed that when Cassidy was a Democrat in the early 2000s, he donated $500 to Landrieu.

I learned some things I can't unlearn: human kneecaps look like rocks; bones when burnt, shrink and twist.

The other man had risen, his face purple from the twist at his throat.

The enamels were made of twist, the metals of gold and silver thread.

There was a ringing in our ears and Uncle Pete began to twist.

This year has a twist: several kids quickly forgive their parents for their alleged misdeeds, making for some adorable scenes.

“Ted Cruz, Team Player” is a twist few saw coming from the freshman who has made too many enemies to count in Washington.

“Far from it,” confessed the other, with a reluctance which seemed to twist his mouth dolorously.