PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English twist, from Old English *twist, in compounds (e.g. mæsttwist (“a rope; stay”), candeltwist (“a wick”)), from Proto-Germanic *twistaz, a derivative of *twi- (“two-”) (compare also twine, between, betwixt).
Related to Saterland Frisian Twist (“discord”), Dutch twist (“twist; strife; discord”), German Low German Twist (“strife; discord”), German Zwist (“turmoil; strife; discord”), Swedish tvist (“quarrel; dispute”), Icelandic tvistur (“deuce”).
The verb is from Middle English twisten. Compare Dutch twisten, Danish tviste (“to dispute”), Swedish tvista (“to argue; dispute”).
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A twisting force.
(countable, uncountable) Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
Not the least turn or twist in the fibres of any one animal which does not render them more proper for that particular animal's way of life than any other cast or texture. 1711 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, July 18, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 120; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
Peter was always proud afterwards when he remembered that, with the Bargee's furious fingers tightening on his ear, the Bargee's crimson countenance close to his own, the Bargee's hot breath on his neck, he had the courage to speak the truth.
"I wasn't catching fish," said Peter.
"That's not your fault, I'll be bound," said the man, giving Peter's ear a twist—not a hard one—but still a twist. 1906, Edith Nesbit, chapter 8, in The Railway Children:
(countable, uncountable) The form given in twisting.
Habakkuk brought him a ſmooth, ſtrong, tough Rope, made of many a ply of vvholeſome Scandinavian Hemp, compactly tvviſted together, vvith a Nooſe that ſlip'd as glib as a Bird-catcher's Gin. Jack ſhrunk and grevv pale at firſt ſight of it, he handled it, meaſur'd it, ſtretch'd it, fix'd it againſt the Iron-bar of the VVindovv to try its ſtrength, but not Familiarity could reconcile him to it. He found fault vvith the length, the thickneſs, and the tvviſt, nay, the very colour did not pleaſe him. 1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “How Jack Hang’d Himself Up by the Perswasion of His Friends, who Broke Their Word, and Left His Neck in the Noose”, in An Appendix to John Bull Still in His Senses: Or, Law is a Bottomless-Pit. […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Morphew, […], →OCLC, page 16:
(countable, uncountable) The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
(countable, uncountable) A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
VVhen thou our true Sampſon avvakeſt, and foundſt thy ſelfe tyed vvith theſe Philiſtian coards, and rouſedſt up, and brakeſt thoſe hard and ſtrong tvviſts vvith a ſuddaine povver, no marvell if the roome ſhooke under thee. 1634, Jos: Exon. [i.e., Joseph Hall], “[The Residve of the Contemplations […].] The Resurrection.”, in The Contemplations upon the History of the New Testament, Now Complete: […], 2nd tome, London: […] M[iles] Flesher for Nath[aniel] Butter […], →OCLC, page 279:
the thrid / By griesly Lachesis was spun with paine, / That cruell Atropos eftsoones vndid, / With cursed knife cutting the twist in twaine […] 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
I was one morning walking arm in arm with him in St James's Park, his dress then being […] waistcoat and breeches of the same blue satin, trimmed with silver twist à la hussarde, and ermine edges. 1808–1810, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, page 140
(countable, uncountable) A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
Bunny sat on the only remaining stool at the leather-padded oval bar in the Iron Lounge. It was happy hour, two drinks for the price of one. She decided on a martini with a twist, and while the bartender was preparing her drink, she scanned the faces looking at the bar. 2005, Theodore J. Albasini, The Progeny:
(countable, uncountable) A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
But here a twist in the stream brought us out from the bushes 1899, Edith Nesbit, The Wouldbegoods:
(countable, uncountable) A distortion to the meaning of a passage or word.
(countable, uncountable) An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
Roy: Oh no, now I know there's a twist. I'm gonna spend the whole film guessing what it is. Damn you, Dominator!
Moss: Just try and forget that there's a twist.
Roy: Oh, how can you forget there's a twist?...
Douglas: Oh, I've heard of this flick. There's a twist in it, isn't there?... I bet he's a woman, that bloke. No, you think it's the future, but it's actually set in the past. It's not Earth. It's all a dream!... They're all clones. He's his own brother. Everyone's a ghost. 2007 September 7, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 3
Though set in Los Angeles, the film has a familiar, television look and feel - two handsome partners, cops, criminals, fast cars and a marginal romance. The twist in the buddy-car-chase formula is that here the good guys tend to blur into the bad. 1987 October 23, Caryn James, “Movie Review: No Man's Land (1987)”, in New York Times:
I'm all agog at the new twist to the royal scandal.
In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man. 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The A.V. Club:
(countable, qualifier:preceded by definite article, uncountable) A modern dance popular in Western culture in the late 1950s and 1960s, based on rotating the hips repeatedly from side to side. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring
Seems he was troubled by just one thing
Opened the lid and shook his fist
And said, "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?"
It's now the Mash
It's now the Monster Mash. 1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby "Boris" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers:
Come on, baby, let's do the twist
Take me by my little hand and go like this 1958, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, “The Twist”:
Well, let's dance, well let's dance.
We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too
Any old dance that you want to do
But let's dance. 1962, “Let's Dance”, Jim Lee (lyrics), performed by Chris Montez:
She taught him to do the twist, having learned it herself from an Alvin Ailey dancer at Jacob's Pillow. 1997 April 22, Jennifer Dunning, “Surviving It All, Dismissals, Tours and Balanchine”, in New York Times:
(countable, uncountable) A rotation of the body when diving.
(countable, uncountable) A sprain, especially to the ankle.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A twig.
No twiſt, no twig, no bough nor branch […] 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Thirteenth Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC, stanza 5, page 235:
(countable, slang, uncountable) A girl, a woman.
James and Ruby danced over beside us. ‘Did you tell her?’ he asked, looking at me. I nodded.
‘Wait a minute,’ Gloria said, as they started to dance away. ‘What’s the big idea of talking behind my back?’
‘Tell that twist to lay off me,’ James said, still speaking directly to me. 1935, Horace McCoy, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Serpent’s Tail, published 2011, →ISBN, page 19:
(Dane, speaking about a woman character) "I'll see where the twist flops" 1990, Miller's Crossing, 01:08:20
(countable, uncountable) A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
(countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
[…] this Katie Byrne was a great favourite with Art and Con, to whom she always brought a gift of tobacco twist, when she came on a visit, and Art and Con were great chewers of tobacco twist, and never had enough, never never had enough tobacco twist, for their liking. 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
Uncle Charles smoked such black twist that at last his nephew suggested to him to enjoy his morning smoke in a little outhouse at the end of the garden. 1916, James Joyce, chapter II, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC:
We spent a lot of time up on the staging of the great furnaces, trying to pick up the tricks of the trade from the taciturn furnacemen who sat around placidly smoking, or chewing twist, and occasionally throwing in more pig iron to the molten white-hot metal. 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
(countable, uncountable) A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
Damascus twist
(countable, uncountable) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
(countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) A beverage made of brandy and gin.
(countable, uncountable) A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
a twist toward fanaticism
(archaic, countable, slang, uncountable) An appetite for food.
Hope you’ve brought good appetites with you, gentlemen. You, Doolan, I know ave, for you’ve always ad a deuce of a twist. 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XXXV, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
He [the yearling bull] had a good handsome male head, and he had a capital twist. He had a spring in his rib, and was something over seven feet in girth. He was well covered, and had all the recommendations of quality, symmetry, and size. 1861, The Farmer's Magazine, page 40:
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of hair twist.
The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings. 2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154:
de Wendung (unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc) · hi मोड़ (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · fi vääntö (degree of stress or strain when twisted) · hu rándulás (sprain, especially to the ankle) · cs twist (type of dance) · fi kierre (rotation of the body when diving) · pl skręt (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · cmn 檸檬皮 /柠檬皮 (sliver of lemon peel) · pl przekręcenie (distortion to the meaning of a word or passage) · es tuerce (twisting force) · bg извивка (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · sq ndrrydhje (sprain, especially to the ankle) · it travisamento (distortion to the meaning of a word or passage) · fi väärinymmärrys (unintentional) (distortion to the meaning of a word or passage) · fi bööna (slang: girl, woman) · fi mutka (sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc) · gl viravolta (unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc) · hu tekeredés (form) · pt twist (type of dance) · bg изкривяване (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · bg извивка (form) · fi damaskiteräs (material for gun barrels) · hu csavar (unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc) · it distorsione (twisting force) · sq dredhi (sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc) · bg обрат (unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc) · hu csavarás (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · pl siła skręcająca (twisting force) · pl skręt (form) · sq dredh (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · mk изопачу́вање (distortion to the meaning of a word or passage) · bg влечение (strong individual tendency) · hi मरोड़ (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · pl zakręt (sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc) · hi मोड़ (twisting force) · gd car (sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc) · fo tvist (type of dance) · ja ツイスト (sliver of lemon peel) · fr torsion (sprain, especially to the ankle) · mk и́звивка (form) · hu csavarodás (form) · bg нарез (spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon) · fi kierre (form) · gd car (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · bg наклонност (strong individual tendency) · de Biegung (sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc) · mk изместу́вање (sprain, especially to the ankle) · de Zwirn (type of thread) · mk и́звив (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · hu elferdítés (distortion to the meaning of a word or passage) · hu forgatás (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · es torción (twisting force) · pl twist (type of dance) · gl revolta (sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc) · hu tekerés (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · hu torzió (twisting force) · pt torcedura (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · hu spirál (form) · it filo (type of thread) · it distorsione (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · hu csavaróerő (twisting force) · fi rihlaus (spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon) · pl skręt (rotation of the body when diving) · it piega (sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc) · fi vääristely (distortion to the meaning of a word or passage) · fi vääntö (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · fi mutkittelu (sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc) · es giro inesperado (unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc) · mk за́плет (unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc) · hu fordulat (unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc) · bg изкълчване (sprain, especially to the ankle) · it contorsione (sprain, especially to the ankle) · fi nyrjähdys (sprain, especially to the ankle) · bg склонност (strong individual tendency) · it colpo di scena (unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc) · es torcedura (twisting force) · de Twist (type of dance) · fi kierto (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · mk исколчу́вање (sprain, especially to the ankle) · it giravolta (sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc) · it contorsione (twisting force) · fi kierretty lanka (type of thread) · pl tendencja (strong individual tendency) · mk твист (type of dance) · es torcimiento (twisting force) · fi siivu (sliver of lemon peel) · sq përdredhje (distortion to the meaning of a word or passage) · pl zwrot akcji (unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc) · mk пре́сврт (unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc) · it forzatura (distortion to the meaning of a word or passage) · hu kanyar (sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc) · hi मोड़ (form) · fi taipumus (strong individual tendency) · hu tviszt (type of dance) · pl twist (beverage made of brandy and gin) · fr twist (type of dance) · pl skręcenie (sprain, especially to the ankle) · fi twist (type of dance) · pl skręt (degree of stress or strain when twisted) · hu megrándítás (sprain, especially to the ankle) · hu csigavonal (form) · it filamento (type of thread) · bg туист (type of dance) · ru твист (type of dance) · fi vääntynyt muoto (form) · hu kanyarulat (sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc) · hu csavarás (twisting force) · mk и́звивка (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · fi vääntö (twisting force) · hu kiforgatás (distortion to the meaning of a word or passage) · gd snìomh (twisting force) · hy թվիստ (type of dance) · ja どんでん返し (unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc) · hu fonás (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · fi kierto (twisting force) · pl skręt (type of thread) · it torsione (twisting force) · it scorza (sliver of lemon peel) · fi äkkimutka (sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc) · sq përdredhje (rotation of the body when diving) · hu sodrás (anything twisted, or the act of twisting) · fi käänne (unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc) · bg изопачаване (distortion to the meaning of a word or passage) · es torsión (twisting force) · sv varpgarn (type of thread)
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English twist, from Old English *twist, in compounds (e.g. mæsttwist (“a rope; stay”), candeltwist (“a wick”)), from Proto-Germanic *twistaz, a derivative of *twi- (“two-”) (compare also twine, between, betwixt).
Related to Saterland Frisian Twist (“discord”), Dutch twist (“twist; strife; discord”), German Low German Twist (“strife; discord”), German Zwist (“turmoil; strife; discord”), Swedish tvist (“quarrel; dispute”), Icelandic tvistur (“deuce”).
The verb is from Middle English twisten. Compare Dutch twisten, Danish tviste (“to dispute”), Swedish tvista (“to argue; dispute”).
Meanings
To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
To join together by twining one part around another.
"Well, one day I went up in a balloon and the ropes got twisted, so that I couldn't come down again. It went way up above the clouds, so far that a current of air struck it and carried it many, many miles away. For a day and a night I traveled through the air, and on the morning of the second day I awoke and found the balloon floating over a strange and beautiful country." 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 15, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
June 8, 1714, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
twisting it into a serpentine form.
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
longing to twist bays with that ivy 1645, Edmund Waller, To my Lord of Falkland:
There are pillars of smoke twisted about wreaths of flame. 1844, Robert Chambers, “Dr Thomas Burnet”, in Cyclopædia of English Literature:
(reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
Avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
To turn a knob etc.
To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
Say I could succeed at the Bar, and achieve a fortune by bullying witnesses and twisting evidence; is that a fame which would satisfy my longings, or a calling in which my life would be well spent? 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
Oh, you are a devil. You can twist the heart in a girl as easy as some could twist her arms to hurt her. Mrs Pearce warned me. Time and again she has wanted to leave you; and you always got round her at the last minute. And you dont care a bit for her. And you dont care a bit for me. 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act V, page 185:
Then Romany went down, then we fell together, and the chaps separated us. I got another knock-down blow in, and was beginning to enjoy the novelty of it, when Romany staggered and limped.
‘I’ve done,’ he said. ‘I’ve twisted my ankle.’ He’d caught his heel against a tuft of grass. 1901, Henry Lawson, Joe Wilson's Courtship:
(intransitive, of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
My coming to New York had been a mistake; for whereas I had looked for poignant wonder and inspiration in the teeming labyrinths of ancient streets that twist endlessly from forgotten courts and squares and waterfronts to courts and squares and waterfronts equally forgotten, and in the Cyclopean modern towers and pinnacles that rise blackly Babylonian under waning moons, I had found instead only a sense of horror and oppression which threatened to master, paralyze, and annihilate me. 1926, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, He:
I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
(transitive) To cause to rotate.
The tide seized us and swept us along, and in the races where this happened there were sucking whirlpools, strong enough to twist us round. 1911, John Masefield, chapter 8, in Jim Davis:
(intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
Twist it in the alley
With long tall Sally
Twistin' with Lucy
Doin' the watusi. 1962, “Land of a Thousand Dances”, Chris Kenner (lyrics), performed by Chris Kenner:
(transitive) To coax.
"On the three-thousand-dollar reward John Bain is offerin' for the return of his sister," said Ace. "Now listen--I know a certain big Chinee had her kidnapped outa her 'rickshaw out at the edge of the city one evenin'. He's been keepin' her prisoner in his house, waitin' a chance to send her up-country to some bandit friends of his'n; then they'll be in position to twist a big ransome outa John Bain, see? [...]" 1932, Robert E. Howard, Dark Shanghai:
In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
retwist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · supertwist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · barley twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist in the wind (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · Z twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · intertwist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · undertwist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · Mason twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · nontwist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · flat twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist up (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist-off (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist off (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist and turn (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist of fate (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistorian (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · gaining twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · Senegalese twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistlock (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twister (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · French twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist someone's arm (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · arm-twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twisty (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · mule twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistless (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist morphism (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · self-twisting (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · nigger twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistor (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistable (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · round the twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistical (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistability (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · plot twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistfree (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistronics (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · rope twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · S twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistful (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist the knife (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · Russian twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · multitwist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistie (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist around (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · mistwist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist around one's little finger (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistwing (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist someone's balls (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist of the knife (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist grip (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · atwist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · get one's knickers in a twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · hanky-twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist someone's words (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · intwist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistification (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistwood (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist the knife in the wound (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistify (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · overtwist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · uptwist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist-boat (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · water twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · untwist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist splice (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · stub twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist tie (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · entwist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · gain twist (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twist drill (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · twistgrip (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist") · get it twisted (terms derived from the noun and verb "twist")
mn эрчлэх (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ru искажа́ть (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · ja 捻る (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · tr burmak (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · es torcerse (to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction) · es torcer (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · bg изопача (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · mi kanoi (to join together by twining) · vi xoắn (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · mn эргүүлэх (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · hu összeteker (to join together by twining) · ca tòrcer (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · hi मरोड़ना (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · pl kręcić (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · it torcere (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · sv vricka (to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction) · fi punoa (to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)) · hu eltorzít (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · ty hiro (to join together by twining) · bg усуквам (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · gd snìomh (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · grc στρέφω (to turn a knob etc) · bg усуквам (to join together by twining) · fur intorteâ (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · eo tordi (to wind, to follow a wavy course) · ga bí ag lúbarnaíl (to wind, to follow a wavy course) · hu csavar (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ja 捻る (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · he סובב (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · sq përdrredh (to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction) · bg извъртя (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · ckb ئاڵاندن (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · cmn 搓 (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · cmn 扭 (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · az burmaq (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · az burxutmaq (to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction) · ro răsuci (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ro stoarce (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · bg изопачавам (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · bg вплитам (to join together by twining) · tl ibalikuko (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · hu kiforgat (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · alt ӧрӧр (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ru скрути́ть (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · fi kääntää (to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)) · rup astorcu (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ky өрүү (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ka გადატრიალება (to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction) · hu sodor (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · sq drredhoj (to wind, to follow a wavy course) · la torqueō (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · bg сплета (to join together by twining) · fi vääristellä (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · tl balikukuin (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · mn мушгих (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ka დაგრეხვა (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · haw hilo (to join together by twining) · sq përdrredh (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · hu elferdít (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · el στρίβω (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · bg суча (to join together by twining) · fa تافتن (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · mi kārure (to join together by twining) · fi ymmärtää väärin (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · hu összecsavar (to join together by twining) · ka დაკლაკვნა (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ru искази́ть (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · ro întortochea (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · hu kanyarog (to wind, to follow a wavy course) · bg заплета (to join together by twining) · tyz bjắt (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · fi vääntää (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · mi perori (to wind, to follow a wavy course) · bg заплитам (to join together by twining) · he פיתל (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · vec tòrzer (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · gv faast (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · de wickeln (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · hu megrándít (to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction) · ckb ئاڵاندن (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · fi kiertää (to join together by twining) · grc στρέφω (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · mi whenu (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · bg усуча (to join together by twining) · fur stuarzi (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ota بوكمك (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ka მოგრეხვა (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · fi kiertää (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · pt torcer (to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction) · de verziehen (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ru изогну́ть (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · bg сплитам (to join together by twining) · fr tordre (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · es despescuezar (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · fi kiertää (to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)) · ru крути́ть (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · bg изкълчвам (to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction) · fi punoa (to join together by twining) · mi whakariroi (to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)) · cs překroutit (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · fr entortiller (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · pt girar (to turn a knob etc) · ar بَرَمَ (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · hu kígyózik (to wind, to follow a wavy course) · cmn 捻 (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · hu teker (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ka მოგრეხვა (to join together by twining) · bg изкълчвам (to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction) · ka მობრუნება (to turn a knob etc) · ru изгиба́ть (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · bg въртя (to turn a knob etc) · nrf teurtre (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · pt torcer (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · gl revirar (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · hu összesodor (to join together by twining) · sh izvrnuti (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · alt бурыыр (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · lnj ighanhac (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ckb ئاڵاندن (to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)) · ro învârti (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · sv tvinna (to join together by twining) · qu q'iwiy (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · bg извия се (to wind, to follow a wavy course) · tl magbalikuko (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · mi whiro (to join together by twining) · bg усуча (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · to vilovilo (to join together by twining) · bg вплета (to join together by twining) · vec tòrxar (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · de verdrehen (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · cs kroutit (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · bg преплитам (to join together by twining) · hu fon (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · sv vrida (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · oc tòrcer (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ga freang (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · vec tòrxer (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ta திருகு (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · bg извъртам (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · rup storcu (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · scn tòrciri (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ga sníomh (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · pt distorcer (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · hy ոլորել (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · es espescuezar (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ru верте́ть (to turn a knob etc) · km មួល (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · wa toide (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · bg извивам се (to wind, to follow a wavy course) · es sacar punta a (to distort or change the truth or meaning) · de drehen (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ka მოტრიალება (to turn a knob etc) · ota بورمق (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · lld storjer (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · hi मोड़ना (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · gl torcer (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ar لَوَى (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · uk криви́ти (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · to filofilo (to join together by twining) · th บิด (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · cmn 絞 /绞 (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · bg преплета (to join together by twining) · ka მოდრეკვა (to join together by twining) · hu összefon (to join together by twining) · it attorcigliare (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · ru поверну́ть (to turn a knob etc) · no vri (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · vi vặn (to turn the ends in opposite directions) · fi vääntää (to form a twist (in any of the above meanings)) · ru скру́чивать (to turn the ends in opposite directions)