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twist
[ twist ]
/ twɪst /
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verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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Idioms about twist
twist one's arm, Informal. to coerce: I didn't want to go, but he twisted my arm.
Origin of twist
First recorded in 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,” German Zwist “a quarrel.” See twi-
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32. See turn.
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British Dictionary definitions for twist
twist
/ (twɪst) /
verb
noun
Derived forms of twist
Word Origin for twist
Old English; related to German dialect Zwist a quarrel, Dutch twisten to quarrel
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