Twisting

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Torsion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • a. & n. from twist.
  • See under Pair, n., 7.
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  • verb. Present participle of twist.
  • noun. gerund of twist
  • adjective. Having many twists
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  • adjective. marked by repeated turns and bends
  • noun. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
  • noun. the act of rotating rapidly
  • Word Usage
    "Bear interrupts loudly, his expression twisting into one of irritation, then flat-out rage."
    Equivalent
    crooked  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    twist  
    verb-stem
    twist