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twist

English

  1. 🔊 turning or twisting around (in place)
    “with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room”
  2. 🔊 social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music
    “they liked to dance the twist”
  3. 🔊 a jerky pulling movement
  4. 🔊 an interpretation of a text or action
    “they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct”
  5. 🔊 a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
  6. 🔊 a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
  7. 🔊 a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
    “the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell”
  8. 🔊 any clever maneuver
    “he would stoop to any device to win a point”
  9. 🔊 the act of rotating rapidly
    “he gave the crank a spin”
  10. 🔊 the act of winding or twisting
    “he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind”
  11. 🔊 an unforeseen development
    “events suddenly took an awkward turn”
  12. 🔊 a circular segment of a curve
    “a bend in the road”
  13. 🔊 a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
  14. 🔊 twist suddenly so as to sprain
    “wrench one's ankle”
  15. 🔊 form into twists
    “Twist the strips of dough”
  16. 🔊 practice sophistry
    “Don't twist my words”
  17. 🔊 turn in the opposite direction
    “twist one's head”
  18. 🔊 form into a spiral shape
    “The cord is all twisted”
  19. 🔊 do the twist
  20. 🔊 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 a window off its hinges”
  21. 🔊 extend in curves and turns
    “The road winds around the lake”
  22. 🔊 cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
    “bend the rod”
  23. 🔊 to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
    “The prisoner writhed in discomfort”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 twist twist
  2. 🔊 retorcer to twist
  3. 🔊 revirar to twist
  4. 🔊 torcer to twist
  5. 🔊 torcido twist, curl
  6. 🔊 torsión twist, twisting
  7. 🔊 tirabuzón twist, corkscrew
  8. 🔊 torcer to twist, to bend
  9. 🔊 gamberrada twist, turn (unexpected outcome)
  10. 🔊 desenfocar to twist, to distort (to change the truth or meaning of words)
  11. 🔊 recodo twist, turn, bend, elbow (notable curve of a street river etc.)

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