twist

to entwine (one thing) with another; interlace (something) with something else; interweave; plait.

to wind or coil (something) about something else; encircle; entwine; wreathe.

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: The sculptor twisted the form into an arabesque. He twisted his body around to look behind him.

to turn sharply or wrench out of place; sprain: He twisted his ankle.

to pull, tear, or break off by turning forcibly: He twisted the arm off the puppet.

to distort (the features) by tensing or contracting the facial muscles; contort: She twisted her face in a wry smile.

to distort the meaning or form of; pervert: He twisted my comment about to suit his own purpose.

to cause to become mentally or emotionally distorted; warp: The loss of his business twisted his whole outlook on life.

to form into a coil, knot, or the like by winding, rolling, etc.: to twist the hair into a knot.

to bend tortuously.

to cause to move with a rotary motion, as a ball pitched in a curve.

to turn (something) from one direction to another, as by rotating or revolving: I twisted my chair to face the window.

to combine or associate intimately.

to writhe or squirm.

to take a spiral form or course; wind, curve, or bend.

to turn or rotate, as on an axis; revolve, as about something; spin.

to turn so as to face in another direction.

to turn, coil, or bend into a spiral shape.

to change shape under forcible turning or twisting.

to move with a progressive rotary motion, as a ball pitched in a curve.

to dance the twist.

anything formed by or as if by twisting or twining parts together.

the act or process of twining strands together, as in thread, yarn, or rope.

a twisting awry or askew.

distortion or perversion, as of meaning or form.

a peculiar attitude or bias; eccentric turn or bent of mind; eccentricity.

spiral disposition, arrangement, or form.

spiral movement or course.

an irregular bend; crook; kink.

a sudden, unanticipated change of course, as of events.

a treatment, method, idea, version, etc., especially one differing from that which preceded: The screenwriters gave the old plot a new twist.

the changing of the shape of anything by or as by turning the ends in opposite directions.

the stress causing this alteration; torque.

the resulting state.

a twisting or torsional action, force, or stress; torsion.

a strong, twisted silk thread, heavier than ordinary sewing silk, for working buttonholes and for other purposes.

the direction of twisting in weaving yarn; S twist or Z twist.

a loaf or roll of dough twisted and baked.

a strip of citrus peel that has been twisted and placed in a drink to add flavor.

a kind of tobacco manufactured in the form of a rope or thick cord.

a dance performed by couples and characterized by strongly rhythmic turns and twists of the arms, legs, and torso.

the degree of spiral formed by the grooves in a rifled firearm or cannon.

Gymnastics, Diving. a full rotation of the body about the vertical axis.

a wrench.

to wind or cause to wind; twine, coil, or intertwine: to twist flowers into a wreath

to force or be forced out of the natural form or position: to twist one's ankle

(usually passive) to change or cause to change for the worse in character, meaning, etc; pervert: his ideas are twisted; she twisted the statement

to revolve or cause to revolve; rotate

(tr) to wrench with a turning action: to twist something from someone's grasp

(intr) to follow a winding course

(intr) to squirm, as with pain

(intr) to dance the twist

(tr) British informal to cheat; swindle

twist someone's arm to persuade or coerce someone

a decisive change of direction, aim, meaning, or character

(in a novel, play, etc) an unexpected event, revelation, or other development

a bend: a twist in the road

a distortion of the original or natural shape or form

a jerky pull, wrench, or turn

a strange personal characteristic, esp a bad one

a confused mess, tangle, or knot made by twisting

a twisted thread used in sewing where extra strength is needed

(in weaving) a specified direction of twisting the yarn

the twist a modern dance popular in the 1960s, in which couples vigorously twist the hips in time to rhythmic music

a bread loaf or roll made of one or more pieces of twisted dough

a thin sliver of peel from a lemon, lime, etc, twisted and added to a drink

physics torsional deformation or shear stress or strain

sport, mainly US and Canadian spin given to a ball in various games, esp baseball

the extent to which the grooves in the bore of a rifled firearm are spiralled

round the twist British slang mad; eccentric