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twistsnounpl. of twist a forceful rotating or pulling motion for the purpose of dislodging somethingwith a forceful twist she loosened the bolt twistings, wrenches drafts, draws, extractions, pulls, tugs, yanksdislocations, displacements an odd or peculiar habitmy roommate has his little twists, and I have mine, so things should balance out crotchets, curiosities, eccentricities, erraticisms, idiosyncrasies, individualisms, kinks, mannerisms, oddities, peculiarities, quiddities, quips, quirks, singularities, tics, tricks affectations, airsattributes, characteristics, marks, properties, traitscustoms, habits, patterns, practices(also practises), ways, wontsaddictionsabnormalities, neuroticisms, perversionsdispositions, geniuses(or genii), leanings, partialitiesbents, inclinations, penchants, predilections, predispositions, proclivities, propensities, tendencies, turnsattitudes, characters, humors, identities, individualities, natures, personalities, temperaments conformities twistsverbpresent tense third-person singular of twistto change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning ofmy enemies will twist my words, but you'll only hear the truth out of me bends, colors, cooks, distorts, falsifies, fudges, garbles, misinterprets, misrelates, misrepresents, misstates, perverts, slants, warps misdescribes, misspeaks, mistranslatesbelies, camouflages, disguises, dissembles, glosses (over), masks, veils, whitewashesbowdlerizes, censorscomplicates, confounds, confuses, mistakes, mixes (up)mystifies, obscuresequivocates, fibs, lies, palters, prevaricates clarifies, clears (up), explains, illuminates, illustrates, interprets, spells outdeciphers to follow a circular or spiral coursethe path gently twisted down the hill coils, corkscrews, curls, entwines, spirals, twines, winds arches, arcs, bends, crooks, curves, hooks, sweeps, swerves, turns, veers, wheelsswirls, whirlscircles, encircles, loopsenlaces, interlaces, intertwines, lacesbows, bulgesmeanders, weaves, zigzags straightens to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axistwisted my wrist around to stretch it pivots, revolves, rolls, rotates, spins, swings, swirls, swivels, turns, twirls, wheels, whirls screws, unscrewstwiddlescoils, cranks, reels, windscirculates to move by or as if by a forceful rotationkept twisting the cap until it came free wrenches, wrests, wrings draws, dredges (up), extracts, jerks, lugs, plucks, pulls, tugs, tweaks, yanksjimmies, levers, priesbudges, dislocates, displaces, disturbs, removesshifts, transfers, transposes to make jerky or restless movementsthe dental patient twisted nervously in the chair fiddles, fidgets, jerks, jiggles, jigs, squiggles, squirms, thrashes, threshes, tosses, twitches, wiggles, wriggles, writhes flits, flutters, twittersquakes, quivers, shakes, shivers, shudders, tremblespaces relaxes, rests, unwindscalms (down), stills to cause to twine about one anotherhas the habit of idly twisting the strands of her hair while daydreaming enlaces, entwines, implicates(archaic), interlaces, intertwines, intertwists, interweaves, inweaves, laces, plies, weaves, wreathes, writhes braids, plaits, plats, pleachesblends, fuses, joins, links, mixes disentangles, uncoils, untangles, untwines, unwinds |