TWISTING
(noun, adj.sat, verb, adj.)Definitions
How to pronounce twisting:
Twisting - as a noun
The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
The act of rotating rapidly
Example: "He gave the crank a spin"
Twisting - as an adjective satellite
Marked by repeated turns and bends
Example: "A tortuous road up the mountain"
Twisting - as a verb
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.
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
To wind into; to insinuate.
Example: "Avarice twists itself into all human concerns."
To turn a knob etc.
To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
(of a path) to wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
To cause to rotate.
To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
To coax.
In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
Twisting - as an adjective
Having many twists
Example: "The mountain road is even more twisting than the valley road."
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Word Game Points
TWISTING has a SCRABBLE points total of 12.
TWISTING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 14.
TWISTING has a WORDFEUD points total of 13.