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twist

noun
  1. any clever maneuver
    device
  2. the act of rotating rapidly
    spin
  3. turning or twisting around, in place
    “They surveyed the room with a quick twist of their head.”
  4. the act of winding or twisting
    windingwind
  5. social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music
  6. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
    braidplaittress
  7. an interpretation of a text or action
    construction
  8. a jerky pulling movement
    wrench
  9. an unforeseen development
    turnturn of events
  10. a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
    eddy
  11. a circular segment of a curve
    turnbendcrook
  12. a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
    twirlkink
  13. a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
    pull
verb
  1. twist suddenly so as to sprain
    turnwrenchricksprainwrick
  2. form into twists
  3. practice sophistry
    convolutepervertsophisticatetwist around
  4. turn in the opposite direction
    “twist one's head”
  5. form into a spiral shape
    “The cord is all twisted”
    twinedistort
  6. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
    flexdeform
  7. twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates
    wrench
  8. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
    wrigglesquirmwrestlewormwrithe
  9. do the twist
  10. extend in curves and turns
    curve