A distortion of the face or other part of the body, as an expression of disgust or contempt
A sharp turn or bend, such as in a road or river
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Then the immense power of muscle is displayed in the concentrated energy of the spring; he flies through the air and settles on the throat, usually throwing his own body over the animal, while his teeth and claws are fixed on the neck; this is the manner in which the spine is twisted and the body bent
A kind of yarn used in weaving, especially for the purpose of strengthening the weave
A kick in which the leg is rotated in a circular motion
Textile fabric so manufactured
A chewing motion
A single twist of a tobacco leaf
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Alberto The world is rank with life, no "twist" or turn, But some untoward imp has crossed my path, One kicks my heel, or treads upon my foot, Then follows with a thousand score of words: Sir, upon the word of a Catholic, If he be not a coward, I 'll know him by his gait
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Frank and Salisbury were both of them seated on the top of a desk; the former, generally silent, relieved himself by sundry "twists" and contortions, smacking of the lips, sighs, and turnings of the eyes, varied by a few short, sharp phrases, addressed to the latter, and a few more explanatory and descriptive, addressed to the world at large, or to such of the readers of `` The Rival '' as might be in a condition to comprehend the nature of the phenomenon which was being thus illustrated and explained
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: There was dust in his hair; " " there was a "twist" in his reins; " " his mane did not lie straight; " " he had not been properly grained; " " his head did not look well; " " his fore-top was not in its place
A little twist or curl of something
To wind in and out
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: And first, at the risk of being considered metaphysical, -- thourr we fear no metaphysician would indorse the charge, - let us define what we mean by mdividuality; for the word is commonly made to signify some peculiarity or eccentricity of mind, or some strange perversity of taste, fancy, or feeling, which, in a man of genius, is taken to mark him out from the common herd, and to constitute his individuality
A violent turning movement
To deceive, to defraud
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: bough to bough, And hangs in many a dull festoon; -- There, peeping through thy curtain, thou Mayest catch some'glimpses of the moon '; Or, better, "twist" of it a string, Noose in thy bow, and slip away
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Thus we continued working and soliciting for the last eight months, though the demand for yarn has been unprecedented, and the consequent rise in "twist" great; they have still refused our just request; and in order to cause a belief that trade was in a declining state, they have published false statements, which have been the means of injuring our business beyond the loss of the expected profit, by creating distrust among our customers, and have even gone to the length of forbidding our agents to sell the goods in their hands, though the owners are willing to part with them at a fair price
The act of making something twist or turn
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: which hung upon his lips, to sooth that which he deemed the irritation of the person who had thus directed his speech to him, and to free himself from his company; but his endeavours were fruitless, the sage was not so easily to be shaken off, and he only succeeded in protracting the conversation, and in giving new twists to the subject
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: It won't do to wait too long -- its only three years more afore we shall want another President, and we ought to spring to it now jest as the Gineral says about the Bank -- that's got only three years more to run, and he is afraid it can't be twisted round again
A quid of tobacco
To turn to
A turn or bend
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: wild madness of despair could conjure up, came flitting by like clouds that are gathered in the train of a midnight storm when it musters in wrath; the past, though dreary, looked not so bleak and cheerless and black as that to come: it was twisted with the propitiatory twigs of hope
An act of twisting something
An act of twisting
A contortion of the face or body
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: About the time when these discontents first broke out, Archibald came accidentally in contact with a yankee named Copely, Chester Copely -- a strange, cold blooded fellow, with resolute features, light grey eyes, and a remarkably muscular, sinewy neck
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: This threat, from one whom they had vested with authority for this occasion, had a manifest effect upon his auditors, who were presently highly wrought up by the sight of two or three little mounds of tobacco "twist", which were now laid before them, and appeared to their imagination to be the top of a much greater heap
A distorted expression of features
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: One "twist" o'the wheel -- wire crooked -- cut -- holes punched -- teeth placed -- just like the human fingers -- more exact -- when a committee of the national institute were invited to see it, in Paris, they laughed at the specification -- they said it was a toy
A distorted facial expression
A police officer
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: They are all very easily propagated by layering in July: give the shoot of the present year's growth a "twist", and then bury the twisted part six inches under ground; in November it will be well rooted, and can then be cut oif and transplanted
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Draw on one side of it a figure with balls, and on the other, two balls only; then taking one of the strings between the forefinger and thumb of each hand, close to, the card, "twist" or twirl it rapidly round, and according to the figure drawn, it will appear to be only two balls, or a single ball with a very large globe
A turn or bend
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Owing to these advantages the greater quantity of "twist" produced, its consequent cheapness, and its adaptation to the purpose of warps for power-loom cloth of the coarser kinds it is probable that the throstles will come into use more extensively than before
An intent, a purpose, an ulterior meaning
A turn or bend
Tobacco, especially when rolled into a cigarette
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: /z/ The falling mould, D, is drawn in the same manner as the outside falHiig mould, C, e.vccpting its being shorter, which is occasioned by a difference of length between the inside and outside of the "twist" part of the mould, C, which will cause the falling mould, D, to be of a less length, as will appear from the section, Fig
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: I can tell you, my little man, " was the old gentleman's reply, as he looked down upon Zeb's queer face, turned up towards his own, with a slight inclination to the right, and a "twist" of the mouth to the left, —a twist which Zeb, on his part, was imitating, so far as he could, with his mouth not being of the slightest use for anything but for eating and drinking
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: It may seem strange, very strange, gentlemen of the jury, " said he, " that in such weather, a "twist" of paper like these " -- holding up the notes in two separate parcels, and in such a way as to show that they were loosely twisted, or rolled up, -- `` should be worth more than all the gold in the world
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence:, and d 6 equal to one riser; divide d 6 in six parts, and draw the line 1 and make 1 a equiil to the distance from the face of the second riser to the beginning of the twist; make a 3 equal to the distance from the face of the second riser to the end of the twist, and draw the line 2
A turn or revolution
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: passing the weft threads between them by common plyers, delivering them to other plyers on the opposite side; then, after giving them a sideways motion and "twist", the threads were repassed back between the next adjoining cords, the meshes being thus tied in the form of knots, rather deep and loose, but very firm
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Introduce a piece of common " "twist", " as large as a kidney bean, into the mouth of a robust man, unaccustomed to this weed, and soon he is affected with fainting, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and loss of vision. '' — Sir W
A threat or warning of violence
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: At this the skipper could not help, in spite of the awe that pervaded him at the research and talents of the judge, ripping out a huge swinging oath, and giving his mustachios an undaunted and defying "twist" that made all stare who knew him
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Let the graft be carefully held in it &; due position, and secure it with cotton "twist", Russia matting, or threads of worsted, whichever is most convenient; then cover the bandage with well wrought clay, or grafting wax, which is made by melting down the wax of the pothouse, with a little spirit and water
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: the'counts, and run the chance of lettin Congress skip'em over; and I tell'd you too, that I would to rights git the Gineral's specs, and giv'em a "twist" round to a plain sight, and let him take a squint at'them, and see how they do look
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: What I have heard of Bramins sitting exposed to four fires and looking in the face of the sun; or hanging suspended, with their heads downward, over flames; or looking at the heavens over their shoulders " until it becomes impossible for them to resume their natural position, while a third party, with a twist of mirth, is despatched to inform them that it is all over, and that they may now come out! '' I have heard of men in India, in China, in Africa, in the islands of the sea, in all the great cities of the earth, in the very bowels of the earth, in caves, in tombs, in prisons, in the houses of the dead, in the dwellings of the living, in forests
A kind of chewing tobacco
An act of turning one's body or part of one's body in a particular direction, especially in order to look over one's shoulder
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: breaking off his approaching marriage with Ida; that he had, accordingly, borne a message from Elkington, upon receiving which Mr. Wyndham had become exceedingly pale and alarmed; and that, after having refused to fight, although urged to it by provocations which no man could misunderstand, he had been compelled to quit the field in disgrace, and had since led a wandering life, by no means untroubled with the pangs of conscience
An act of twisting
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: And when after gaining his own deck, and his own pivot-hole there, he so vehemently wheeled round with an urgent command to the steersman (it was, as ever, something about his not steering inflexibly enough); then, the already shaken ivory received such a twist and wrench as made it reel
An act of twisting one's body or a part of one's body
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Did not I, sixty years ago, lie on the shelf and laugh as I saw her stand by the half hour before the glass, giving an extra "twist" to her curl and an additional dash of white powder on her hair -- now fretted because the powder was `` all gone ''? Did not I see her pick up the powder and renew her adoration of it? And did not I hear her say, sixty years ago, that she would give anything for a `` twist '' of the powder? And did not I hear her say, sixty years ago, that she would give anything for a `` dash '' of the powder? And did not I hear her say, sixty years ago, that she would give anything for a `` pinch '' of the powder
A kind of soft, loosely twisted, silk, worsted, or cotton yarn
An interpretation or view of a situation, especially a cunning or unscrupulous one
A coil or spiral of something
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: the narves of the rigdum flagdum in circumnavigating through the humorous rusticus, deflastigated by the horrentibus oribus sort o'"twist" the aures arrectos into asinos, and that you see, to a man of letters, how difficult a task it is to explain the risible muscles without the aid of a figure
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: the blessing of Saint Bridget be on you, for you have saved poor Peter's neck from the "twist", master -- and the doctor will cure you in a week, as sound as a church bell -- Only now take a little of the swate stingo to ease your breathing, master
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Well, thinks I, if things look so to the Gineral, as they do to me threw these specs, I don't wonder so much that he don't always see'em as other folks do; and then I went to work, lookin into the contrivance, and twistin'of it, and saw that it was a pretty tight screw, as I had thought, and the screw-hole a good one to stuff it up in
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Think how these jolly old cocks tower away, with their shrill whistle, through the tree-tops, and "twist" and dodge with an agility of wing and thought-like speed, scarcely inferior to the snipe's or swallow's, and fly a half mile in a minute, or more
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Nor is there any occasion for the service of the cake-making, candified, sweet-scented confectioner, that knows the most fashionable, and last approved spices used for his cakes, or the latest "twist", and the most graceful curves his candies should be made to assume, and for which he is indebted for his high and well-spread fame
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: -- But come -- veer away there on the larboard tack -- that's right, -- we'll be within hail, and let fly a broadside, in a "twist" of the " tiller " -- that's your sorts -- steady -- so -- so! for your life, man! don't get it into the "eye" -- that's right, man! the "eye" of the "storm" -- that's where the "twist" goes, man! -- into the "mainsail" -- that's right, man! the "mainsail" of the "storm" -- that's where the "tiller" goes, man! -- into the "tiller" of the "storm" -- that's
A spiral curve
A chewing motion
A turn, or winding, of anything about, or around, a point, or person
An abnormal shape or position of a part of the body, especially of the spine
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: said Jones, repeating the words of the other, as he began to assume his old comic "twist" of features, no, unless you might call him a kettle drummer; for now I think on't when we first came into the house where we found him, he was sitting by the fire with a newspaper, and as we passed he gave us a sort of "H'm! '' and a sort of "Y'm sure! '' and a sort of "Bless you! '' and so on, as he went on reading his paper, as if he were only pretending to read it, and was really writing down all that he said
A contortion of the face or body
An ingenious application of a text to support a proposition
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: The pedler whistled to his mare and went up the hill, pondering on the doleful fate of Mr. Higginbotham, whom he had known in the way of trade, having sold him many a bunch of long nines, and a quantity of twist
A tangled, twisted, or knotted state
A state of uncertainty or instability
A kind of caoutchouc ( latex ) produced by some tropical fungi
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: The current of fresh air blowing down from the open door half roused him; broken reflections of the scene floated away on the dissipating smoke; he wondered if men often lived so long as he was suffering; -- the atmosphere became clear again, and he saw Miriam take her shawl and prepare to go out
An act of twisting
A tangled, twisted, or knotted state
An act of twisting one's body, especially the lips or mouth
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence:, Palsied with this, he quails at death to night, Who would have curst the heavens yesterday, In the face of its bright glorious sun; And wrung an infant's neck, with as little Of hesitating conscience, as "twist" straws
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Grace forgot for once whether she was in company or alone -- forgot every thing but the surprising certainty that Howard and Fenton were the self-same person -- every trace of displeasure vanished from her face, unmixed delight shone in her brightened eye and glowing cheek, and her whole person became elastic and joyous, as she exclaimed, `` Why, of course! I 'll take care of that -- leave it to me! '' and twisting herself around, she was gone -- her work, as usual, following her to the door
A hairstyle in which the hair is twisted back
A sharp, painful sensation in the groin or stomach, caused by strenuous exercise or sexual arousal
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: To go about running into gutters, and poking street-pools and rag-heaps -- and I should'nt wonder if it disagreed with me so much as to make me "twist" my face and beat myself, and do such goings-on, that every body in the world should know, by my example, what a rotten, rambling, draggletailed, dirty-faced, twisty little urchin I was! ) -- I should'nt wonder if it would make me such a "twist" as to make the very heels of my shoes curl up, and my very ears twist themselves into knots, and my very hair into corkscrews -- as it would be a proper thing for a twist to do
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Not that the gift of decyphering written characters -- a gift among the commonalty of that day considered little less cabalistical than the art of inditing -- could, in strict justice, have been laid to the charge of either disciple of the sea; but there was a certain something in the twist and turn of Squire Tappertit's narrative, a certain something in the man himself, that had an indescribable something to do with the sea, and made the connection between them, as we shall see
A kind of cloth made from twist
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence:, and d 6 equal to one riser; divide d 6 in six parts, and draw the line 1 and make 1 a equiil to the distance from the face of the second riser to the beginning of the "twist"; make a 2 riser, and draw a 3 riser, making the "twist" 4 feet, and the riser 5 feet
A spiral motion, shape, or device
A strange or unexpected interpretation or version of something
A turn or revolution
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Jamie had also recognized him, and remembering the abstraction of the twenty dollar note, began to feel the fears of suspicion coming over him, and turning his back was shuffling off with his shape so altered by an ingenious "twist" of his body and a stooping of his head, that he might have passed for a boy of twelve
A tangled, twisted, or knotted state
A twist or turn
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: He played everything straight, and it was a big bore: with badminton rackets he played badminton (his father had made a game of picking dandelions from the lawn and hitting them as though they were baseballs and the badminton rackets bats ), and he played a game of twists, which was like tennis without the ball, just hitting the racket and grinning
A turn or rotation
A sharp bend or turn in a road, path, or river
A curl or bend in a particular direction
A hairstyle in which the hair is twisted to the side
A strange turn of events, or unexpected change of circumstances
A new or different treatment or outlook
A change or innovation, as in a new way of serving a dish
To turn or bend
Move ( a limb or joint ) so that the bones or muscle tissue are rotated around each other
A winding road or path
An unexpected turn of events or change of circumstances
A mental or emotional state, or a physical sensation, that is a combination of two opposing feelings
A winding path or road
A clever or unscrupulous interpretation or use of a fact or situation
An unusual turn of events or of a person's behaviour
A new treatment or outlook on something
An unexpected development or surprise in a story or in real life
A variation in the form of a Japanese knotweed rhizome
A turning or bending, especially of a humorous or sarcastic nature
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: The movie has a well-meaning message about love and loyalty being the bedrock of real family values, but its good intentions sag as the story trades its air of mischievous comedy for trite sentimentality, arbitrary plot "twists", and enough maudlin melodrama to make a minstrel show of the material
A turn or change in direction
An unexpected turn of events or a surprise revelation in a story, especially one that changes the audience's perception of previous events
A sharp turn or spin
A change in direction, or a new way of looking at something
A change of direction
An act of twisting
A development in a story or plot which throws a new light on the events which have previously been related
A spiral or spiral course
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: that the river, between those two chief points, was nearly 1,400 miles long, with all its "twists" and turns -- some of them doubling back so that a body traveled due north at times -- and that the old flatboaters required 120 days to go from fort washington to the mouth of the mississippi
A turn or revolution
A change in the direction of movement, or a rotation around an axis
A turn or bend
A dance to the twist, with a twist ( or two ) in the back
A curve in a different direction from the main shape
A coil or spiral shape
A sarcastic or ironic inflection of the voice
A piece of metal, such as a bar of iron, that has been bent into a spiral shape
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Tell your artist to observe that the northern Texas cowboy invariably tied his lariat to his saddle horn, but a man from the Rio Grande, like Canby, would dally his, that is, give it a couple of "twists" around the horn, relying on the free swing of the loop to bring the calf or steer to a halt
A new or different treatment or outlook
A spiral shape or movement
A new treatment or outlook on a problem or situation, especially one that involves a departure from established practices
A sharp, snaky turn or bend
A surprise ending or plot development
A turn or rotation
A hairstyle in which the hair is twisted into two or more tight coils
A spiral or rotational movement
An additional feature, treatment, etc
A state or condition of being turned or twisted
A hairstyle in which the hair is twisted back off the forehead
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: He reached for a "twist" of orange peel, knowing she was watching his every move, and added an extra twist, giving the shape a sensual sinuousness as it looped around the edge of the glass the way a stripper might twine herself around a pole
An unexpected turn of events
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Evolution DON CALDWELL, Marietta (Regarding) a full-page spread in last Saturday's Reader headlined " Darwin with a "twist": Medical discipline seeks explanation through evolution ": That one can know about the marvels of the human body, the beauty of nature that surrounds us all, and the evolution of both without any reference to the spiritual and religious aspects of our existence, is a fairly recent development
A sharp turn or movement in a winding road, path, or course
An unusual or surprising interpretation or treatment of something
A prostitute, especially a male one
A turn or rotation
To dance the twist
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: The civil rights period in the 1960s also put a new "twist" on Affirmative Action, which came to mean much more than just justice for the poor but a very politically loaded term that got equal attention at the time just like any other legislation. With the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination based on race, gender, religion, national origin, age and disability, the stage was set for Affirmative Action to move in a new direction
A cruel or ironic turn of events
A lock of hair hanging or projecting to one side
An act of twisting, or the result of such an act
A kind of ladder with a spiral or helical structure, used for climbing up or down
An act of twisting something
A bend in a road or path
An unexpected development of events
A movement of anything that has a spiral or spiral shape, such as a helix or vortex
A distorted expression of the mouth or other facial feature
An unexpected development of events
A bizarre or bizarrely distorted version of something
An unexpected development of events or an ingenious idea or device, especially in a literary or cinematic plot or storyline
A wedge of lime or lemon juice in a glass of soda
A kind of phonetic intonation or inflection given to a word or phrase
A new treatment, outlook, or style in which something is viewed or approached
An unexpected turn of events or change of direction in a storyline etc
( of a tool, especially a drill ) shaped to follow a spiral path
A new treatment or outlook
An unexpected development of events
A turn or revolution
An unexpected turn of events
To attempt to evade ( a rule or prohibition ). See also twist one's wrist
A sudden change of direction
A new or different treatment or interpretation of something
To contort, or to be contorted
An act of turning or rotating around an axis or point
A variation or interpretation
A dance with a twisting motion of the body, popular in the 1960s
A half-hitch knot
A person's particular way of doing something or approaching a situation, especially when it is unusual or unorthodox
A dance with a twisting motion of the body, popular in the 1960s
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Moreover Quine's space-time idiom contains the intrinsically interesting (though, for my present purposes, not especially relevant) "twist" of regarding the successions (" sums, " as Quine called them) that are formed from the momentary items as themselves momentary
Please provide a concise definition for the meaning of the word "twist" in the following sentence: Library to host gift-wrapping'bee'The staff of the Bob Lutts Fulshear-Simonton Branch Library will be putting a new "twist" on the old-fashioned quilting bee concept by combining holiday gift-wrapping with a gathering of local artisans and their handcrafted items
The act of turning or twisting
A dance with a twisting motion of the body
A type of hairstyle in which the hair is twisted to the side
An unexpected development of events or of a situation
