n. 25B6; verb
the impact twisted the chassis : CRUMPLE, crush, buckle, mangle, warp, deform, distort.
her face twisted with rage : CONTORT, screw up.
Ma anxiously twisted a handkerchief : WRING, squeeze.
he twisted round in his seat : TURN (ROUND), swivel (round), spin (round), pivot, rotate, revolve.
she twisted out of his grasp : WRIGGLE, squirm, worm, wiggle.
I twisted my ankle : SPRAIN, wrench, turn, rick, crick.
you are twisting my words : DISTORT, misrepresent, change, alter, pervert, falsify, warp, skew, misinterpret, misconstrue, misstate, misquote; garble.
he twisted the radio knob : TWIDDLE, adjust, turn, rotate, swivel.
she twisted her hair round her finger : WIND, twirl, coil, curl, wrap.
the wires were twisted together : INTERTWINE, twine, interlace, weave, plait, braid, coil, wind.
the road twisted and turned : WIND, bend, curve, turn, meander, weave, zigzag, swerve, snake.
25B6; noun
the twist of a dial : TURN, twirl, spin.
a personality twist : QUIRK, idiosyncrasy, foible, eccentricity, peculiarity, oddity, kink; aberration, fault, flaw, imperfection, defect, failing, weakness.
(Brit.) a twist of tobacco : WAD, quid, plug, chew; Brit. screw.
long twists of black hair : RINGLET, curl, corkscrew, coil; lock, hank.
the twists of the road : BEND, curve, turn, zigzag, kink, dog-leg; Brit. hairpin bend.
the twists of the plot : CONVOLUTION, complication, complexity, intricacy; surprise, revelation.
a new twist on an old theme : INTERPRETATION, slant, outlook, angle, approach, treatment; variation.
25A0; twist someone's arm (informal) PRESSURIZE, coerce, force; persuade; informal lean on, bulldoze, railroad, put the screws on.