twist
A twisting force.
Noun 4 meanings
A twisting force.
Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
The form given in twisting.
The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
Verb 4 meanings
To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
To join together by twining one part around another.
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
“June 8, 1714, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift twisting it into a serpentine form.”
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
Etymology
g. mæsttwist (“a rope; stay”), candeltwist (“a wick”)), from Proto-Germanic *twistaz, a derivative of *twi- (“two-”) (compare also twine, between, betwixt).
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TWIST at a glance
TWIST has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (T 1 + W 4 + I 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,903 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with twist
All rhymesOne letter away
- TWIXT15
- TRIST5
- TWILT8
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