twist
Pronunciation: /twɪst/
The English word “twist” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- A twisting force.
- Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
- The form given in twisting.
- The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
- A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
- A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
- A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
- A distortion to the meaning of a passage or word.
- An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
- 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.
- A rotation of the body when diving.
- A sprain, especially to the ankle.
- A twig.
- A girl, a woman.
- A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.
- A small roll of tobacco.
- A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
- The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
- A beverage made of brandy and gin.
- A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
Etymology
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;…
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