TWIS

Meaning of TWIS in English

plural of twi

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

BIS — I. ˈbis adverb Etymology: French, from Latin, twice, from Old Latin dvis; akin to Middle High German zwis twice, Old …
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UNTWISTED — /un twis"tid/ , adj. not twisted. [ 1565-75; UN- 1 + TWIST + -ED 2 ]
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TWISTY — /twis"tee/ , adj., twistier, twistiest . (esp. of a road) twisting or winding: a twisty little path through the woods. …
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TWISTING — /twis"ting/ , n. the practice of an insurance agent of tricking the holder of a life insurance policy into letting …
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TWISTER — /twis"teuhr/ , n. 1. a person or thing that twists. 2. Informal. a whirlwind or tornado. 3. Chiefly Brit. Informal. …
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ARM-TWISTING — /ahrm"twis'ting/ , n. the use of threat, coercion, or other forms of pressure and persuasion to achieve one's purpose: It …
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TWIST — vigorous dance that developed in the early 1960s in the United States and became internationally popular after its adoption in …
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