Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Torsion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
twist . - (Kinematics) See under
Pair , n., 7.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
twist . - noun gerund of
twist - adjective Having many
twists
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
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Examples
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Bear interrupts loudly, his expression twisting into one of irritation, then flat-out rage.
Heaven’s Fury Stephen Frey 2010
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Does the phrase "twisting slowly in the wind" ring any bells?
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AM: Does the phrase "twisting slowly in the wind" ring any bells
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Specter got some arm twisting from the Democrats for him to change his mind since Specter changed parties.
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He studied it for a long while, the delicate interplay of its wings, the thin twisting calligraphy of its legs and the perfect jointed tube of its thorax.
The Silence 2010
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Expect a bunch of arm twisting from the socialist one.
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He studied it for a long while, the delicate interplay of its wings, the thin twisting calligraphy of its legs and the perfect jointed tube of its thorax.
The Silence 2010
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He studied it for a long while, the delicate interplay of its wings, the thin twisting calligraphy of its legs and the perfect jointed tube of its thorax.
The Silence 2010
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If you want to engage in twisting and distorting his legacy, then I guess you derive some sort of gratification from it.
Was There a ‘Bush Doctrine’? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Hillary and her campaign workers like Mike have no shame in twisting data to their advantage and pretending to be telling the truth.
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