twist

1. verb

1)

the impact twisted the chassis

Syn:

crumple, crush, buckle, mangle, warp, deform, distort

2)

her face twisted with rage

Syn:

contort, screw up

3)

Ma anxiously twisted a handkerchief

Syn:

wring, squeeze

4)

he twisted around in his seat

Syn:

turn (around), swivel (around), spin (around), pivot, rotate, revolve

5)

she twisted out of his grasp

Syn:

wriggle, squirm, worm one's way, wiggle

6)

I twisted my ankle

Syn:

sprain, wrench, turn

7)

you are twisting my words

Syn:

distort, misrepresent, change, alter, pervert, falsify, warp, skew, misinterpret, misconstrue, misstate, misquote; garble

8)

he twisted the radio knob

Syn:

twiddle, adjust, turn, rotate, swivel

9)

she twisted her hair around her finger

Syn:

wind, twirl, coil, curl, wrap

10)

the wires were twisted together

Syn:

intertwine, twine, interlace, weave, plait, braid, coil, wind

11)

the road twisted and turned

Syn:

wind, bend, curve, turn, meander, weave, zigzag, swerve, snake

2. noun

1)

a twist of the wrist

Syn:

turn, twirl, spin, rotation; flick

2)

the twists of the road

Syn:

bend, curve, turn, zigzag, kink

3)

the twists of the plot

Syn:

convolution, complication, complexity, intricacy; surprise, revelation

4)

a modern twist on an old theme

Syn:

interpretation, slant, outlook, angle, approach, treatment; variation, change, difference

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- twist someone's arm