(countable, uncountable) A twisting force.
(countable, uncountable) Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
(countable, uncountable) The form given in twisting.
(countable, uncountable) The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
(countable, uncountable) A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
(countable, uncountable) A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
(countable, uncountable) A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
(countable, uncountable) A distortion to the meaning of a passage or word.
(countable, uncountable) An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
(countable, 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.
(countable, uncountable) A rotation of the body when diving.
(countable, uncountable) A sprain, especially to the ankle.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A twig.
(countable, slang, uncountable) A girl, a woman.
(countable, uncountable) A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
(countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.
(countable, uncountable) A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
(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.
(archaic, countable, slang, uncountable) An appetite for food.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of hair twist.

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.
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
(reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
To turn a knob etc.
To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
(intransitive) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
(transitive) To cause to rotate.
(intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
(transitive) To coax.
In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.

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