Definitions for twisting

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twisting twist·ing

Spelling: [twis-ting]

IPA: /ˈtwɪs tɪŋ/

Twisting is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in twisting (giinsttw).

Definitions for twisting

noun

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

First recorded in 1905-10; twist + -ing¹

Examples for twisting

The book becomes so dramatic and twisting, the ending—how she ends it--is key.

She stood looking down, twisting her ring around her finger.

Here, only the twisting grey concrete under his tires disturbed the desolate wild.

Then a larger-scale map revealed a twisting, narrow road up to the Col de Lizarrieta, at around 1,300 feet.

"I—I won't do it again," she faltered, twisting her hands together.

She had one end of the shawl between her fingers and was twisting it aimlessly.

Especially when he trips you, the minister's son, up, about twisting the Bible.

Titanic sat in the rear of the room, twisting his fingers nervously, till he was called.

Don't think it's an easy trip, the twisting mountain passes inevitably slow you down.

And so he did, twisting it up and setting it to the flame of the candle.