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twistn.1

Brit. /twɪst/, U.S. /twɪst/
Forms: Middle English–1500s twyst, twyste, Middle English–1600s twiste, (Middle English twest, tweeste, Middle English–1500s twys, 1500s tweyste, Scottish tuist), Middle English– twist.
Etymology: Related to twist v., and presenting similar obscurities of history (except in senses directly derived from the verb). Sense 1 may be related to the Old English -twist which appears in candel-twist glossing Latin emunctoria , and mæst-twist glossing Latin parastates . Sense 2 corresponds to Old Norse kvistr (Norwegian and Danish kvist , Swedish qvist ), which may ultimately be from the same stem: Kilian also gives a Flemish twist ‘rami abscissi, ramalia’. To sense 4 the only parallel appears to be Kilian's ‘twist i. twijn, filum duplex, retortum’, the genuineness of which as a Flemish word is doubtful. (German twist, cotton-twist, is from English.) In English there is no sense corresponding to Middle Dutch and Dutch, Middle Low German and Low German twist (hence Danish and Swedish tvist), Middle High German and German zwist discord, dissension.
I. A divided object or part.
†1. The flat part of a hinge, fastened on a door or gate, and turning on a hook or pintle fixed in the post: = band n.1 3. Obsolete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door fittings > hinge > part of
twist1350
1350–1 in J. R. Magrath Obituary Bk. Queen's Coll., Oxf. 67 Recepta de dono Willelmi Muscham xvijs pro twystes portarum.
1388–9 Abingdon Rolls (Camden) 54 In hokis, twystis, et clauis, xij d.
1405–5 Abingdon Rolls (Camden) 69 In j hacche cum j twyste et opere ij s.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Amos viii. 3 And the herris [gloss ether twistis; L. cardines] of the temple schulen greetli sowne in that dai.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 478 The Pardonere..went to have fond þe dor vp by þe haspe; & eke þe twist Held hym out a whils, & þe lok also.
1491–2 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 40 Twistes and hokes necessary vnto the Wedyr Dorys.
1529 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 145 Ye levys of ye wyndowes in ye Church-howse, with hookys, twystys, and haspys.
1545 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 44 Paid for a tweyste and naylys and greffe, iiid. Paid for greffe thred and silke, iiid.
c1568 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 114 iiij pere of twysse and ij pere of hookes.
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 71 Smith, for locks, hooks, and twists, latches, etc.
†2. A twig; a branch. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > twig
stickeOE
twigc950
yardc950
sprintlea1250
ricec1275
twistc1374
sarmenta1398
tinea1400
lancec1400
pirnc1450
shred15..
shrubc1530
shrag1552
taunt1567
ramelet1652
hag wood1804
hag1808
fibre1810
twiglet1849
virgultum1866
thorn-twig1895
twigling1907
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1181 (1230) As a-bowte a tre with many a twyste [v.rr. twist, -e] Bytrent and wryþe the soote wode bynde.
c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 1905 On his bak she stood And caughte hire by a twiste, and vp she gooth.
1423 Kingis Quair xxxiii On the small[e] grene twistis sat The lytill suete nyghtingale.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 360 Þis man happend to be smyten in þe ee with a twyste, so þat he mot not se.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 188 The kyng..had drede of thai thre men... Tharfor he slepit as foul on twist.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. i. 58 Ane vthir smale twist of a tree I chesit.
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Fviiv So long as a sprigge twist or braunche, is yong, it is flexible and bowable.
1622 W. Whately Gods Husbandry (new ed.) ii. 2 The cutting off from the branches such vnprofitable and ouergrowing twists,..as doe no way benefit the branch.
3.
a. The part of anything at which it divides or branches; spec. the junction of the thighs, the fork; now (exc. archaic) only that of sheep and cattle.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [noun] > bifurcation > point at which bifurcation takes place
twisel931
twist1398
fork1677
crotch1758
bifurcation1766
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > groin or crotch > [noun]
shareeOE
liskc1175
forchure13..
cleftc1325
fouchc1330
grainsa1400
swange?a1400
groin14..
thigh-holec1425
twist1572
crotcha1592
fork1608
cleaving1632
inguen1679
crutch-
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xxxi Þe boones of the rybbes..beth ybounde togedres in þe twiste of þe breest.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 504/2 Twest, or twyste, of þe eye (H., P. tweeste of the iye), hirquus [cf. 1677 E. Coles Dict. Eng.-Lat., Hirquus, the corner of the eye].
1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 13v The one apply vnder the arme holes, and the other in the twyste.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xiv. 36 Split one of his forefeete from the twiste of the cleas, vnto the ioynte of the foote.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 658 Bowes are requisite to remoue them [sc. squirrels] when they rest in the twistes of trees.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fourcheure,..that part of the bodie from whence the thighes doe part; I thinke we call it the Twist.
1673 Siege in W. Davenant Wks. iii. i. 73/1 If thou dost grin I'll cleave thee from the Scalp, unto the Twist.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 25 I took him by Surprize with my Arm under his Twist.
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 359 The gambrels of the hind legs rather inclining inwards, and the twist fat.
1831 P. Sellar County of Sutherland 82 in Farm-rep. The breast and twist much narrower than to all appearance was compatible with so broad a carcass.
1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 121 If I had my hand under your twist, I would send you flying.
1899 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 10 7 The breast, flank, and twist [of a bull] of great size.
†b. transferred. See quot. Obsolete.
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Twist,..the Hollow on the inside of the Thigh;..among Carpenters it is taken for a piece of Timber otherwise call'd the Girder.
1823 G. Crabb Technol. Dict. Twist, another name for a girder.
II. The twisting of threads into a cord, and derived senses.
4.
a. Thread or cord composed of two or more fibres or filaments of hemp, silk, wool, cotton, or the like, wound round one another; often with defining word, as silk twist, woollen twist, cotton twist, gold or silver twist.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > spun > in specific way > twisted
twinec725
twine thread1530
twist1555
throw1873
twofold1884
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 200 The other [cord] is grosser lyke the wycke or twyste of hempe.
1558 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 93 iiiior oz. di. silke twyste.
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 461 Ne to weare garments base of wollen twist, But with the finest silkes us to aray.
1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 110 White veluet ierkins cut, imbroidered with siluer twist.
1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 277 Rolling up Wooll into great Twist, & so passing it as Yarne.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 235 His coat was trimmed with tarnish'd twist.
1802 E. Forster tr. Arab. Nights III. 78 A small silk purse..tied with a piece of twist.
b. spec. (a) in Cotton-spinning, warp yarn, which is more twisted in spinning, and stronger than weft; (b) fine silk thread used by tailors, hatters, etc. With plural, a kind of this.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > spun
spun-yarn1376
spinning?c1510
spinstry1611
filament1791
twist1805
spun1869
spin1884
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > cotton > for weaving
cotton yarn1704
twist1805
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > spun > in specific way > twisted > twist
twist1805
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > for sewing or embroidery
sewing silk1480
silks?a1513
buttonhole twist1840
sewings1844
embroidery silk1851
machine twist1863
tailor's twist1873
horsetail1880
rope1880
twist1890
rope embroidery silk1895
1805 E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench 5 175 The Battiers received orders from abroad for cotton twist.
1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 265 Buttons, twist, and small ware.
1851 L. D. B. Gordon in Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. vi**/2 Twist is the term usually applied to the kind of yarn used for cotton warp; organzine to that for silk warp.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xxxiv. 101 A small piece of silk thread, known by tailors as ‘twist’.
1891 Daily News 18 Nov. 2/7 Wefts are still more pressed for sale than twists.
5.
a. A cord, thread, or the like, formed by twisting, spinning, or plaiting; in quot. 1872, a conical bag or wrapper made by twisting a piece of paper, a ‘cornet’ or ‘screw’.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > condition of being twisted spirally > spirally twisted object
wreathOE
writhec1400
wreathing1600
twist1604
writh1650
1604 B. Jonson His Pt. Royall Entertainem. 202 She..sittes weauing certaine small siluer twists.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 367 On either horne a three-fold twist he tied Of Osiar twigs.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 98 Breaking his Oath and Resolution, like A twist of rotten Silke. View more context for this quotation
1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 5 Twists of Hair on both sides of their Cheeks.
1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Twelfth Bk. Metamorphoses in Fables 427 About his Chin the Twist He ty'd; and soon the strangled Soul dismiss'd.
1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 151 To suppose the Nerves to be..membranous Tubes, Twists or Ropes.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xvii. 238 His tatter'd wallet o'er his back.., suspended by a leathern twist.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 104 A twist of gold was round her hair.
1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 127/2 A twist of newspaper, holding salt, was next placed on the table.
1906 A. Werner Natives Brit. Central Afr. viii. 206 A few leaves, or a twist of grass, are put on the top to keep the water from spilling.
b. Nautical. Each of the strands of which a rope consists. Also to spin a twist (figurative): see quot. 1867.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > rope or cord > strand of rope
strand1497
twist1685
ready1851
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope collective or as material > strand or part of strand
strain1589
rope yarn1620
yarn1627
twist1685
ready1851
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > tell a story [verb (intransitive)]
to tell one's taleOE
narrate1795
to spin a yarn1819
yarn1859
to spin a twist1867
1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services 192 The ends of the Strands or several Twists, are with a Fidd drawn into the ends of the other Ropes Strands, and this is called a Splice.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Marling-spike The twists, or strands of a rope.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Spin a Twist or a Yarn, to tell a long story; much prized in a dreary watch, if not tedious.
†6. figurative. The continuation or course of life figured as a thread; cf. thread n. 6a. Obsolete.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > course or span of life
life-dayOE
year-daysOE
timeOE
dayOE
lifeOE
life's timeOE
livelihoodOE
yearOE
lifetimea1300
life-whilea1300
for (also to) term of (a person's) lifea1325
coursec1384
livingc1390
voyage1390
agea1398
life's dayc1425
thread1447
racea1450
living daysc1450
natural life1461
lifeness1534
twist1568
leasec1595
span1599
clew1615
marcha1625
peregrination1653
clue1684
stamen1701
life term1739
innings1772
lifelong1814
pass-through1876
inning1885
natural1891
life cycle1915
puff1967
1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 4 For thin is twist or fatall threed, on mortall wheele so spoon.
1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. E.j But when the twyste of this our tyme is wownde, No meanes by man may serue the same to stretch.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ii. sig. Cv Cruell Atropos..Cutting the twist in twaine. View more context for this quotation
1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia vi. 254 The Fatall sisters three,..their spinning twists did guide.
1638 J. Ford Fancies iv. 51 'Tis in my power to cut off The twist thy life is spunne by.
7. In other figurative applications: e.g. a slight or weak support upon which something depends; a means of tracing one's way in a labyrinth; an intimate union or connection; the composition or substance of something figured as being spun.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance > that which guides
lodestarc1374
clew1385
Palinurus1567
stern1577
thread1580
twist1580
sea-mark1589
Pole Star1590
cynosure1596
buoya1603
oracle1612
leading light1653
gospela1674
indexc1750
polar stara1774
pilot star1789
clue1840
guidance1841
guideline1917
breadcrumb trail1969
the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > slight or weak support
twist1580
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > close, intimate, or permanent joining
spousal1340
weddingc1380
solding1398
marriagec1400
espousal?c1450
soldering?1550
marryinga1566
twist1580
suture1600
welding1603
ferrumination1606
cementation1836
cementing1868
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > instability or lack of support > a weak support
reedOE
twist1580
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 122 Vpon what a twist they hang that now are in honor.
1633 G. Herbert Pearl in Temple iv Through the labyrinths..thy silk twist let down from heav'n to me, Did both conduct and teach me.
1660 Char. Italy 90 Nor doth her incolumity depend upon the slender twist of the life of one single person.
1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. i. i. 54 Here is a wonderful inseparable twist; and in the main an Identity.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §151 410 We must necessarily have to do with him, because the Author has so taken him into his Twist, that we cannot baulk him.
8. A beverage consisting of a mixture of two liquors or ingredients, as tea and coffee, gin and brandy, etc.: see quots. slang.
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the world > food and drink > drink > coffee > [noun] > mixture of tea and coffee
twist1699
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > other cocktails
balderdash1611
twist1699
Coke-upon-Littleton1740
julep1787
camphor julep1788
switchel1790
sling1792
mint sling1804
mint julep1809
swizzle1813
smash1850
rattlesnake1862
sour1862
Collins1865
John Collins1865
split1882
rickey1893
Picon punch1900
stinger1901
Bronx1906
Jack Rose1912
Pimm's1912
orange blossom1919
Americano1928
Merry Widow1930
snowball1930
atomic cocktail1941
Sazarac cocktail1941
grasshopper1949
Bellini1955
saketini1959
wallbanger1970
caipirinha1973
Long Island ice tea1978
Alabama slammer1980
Long Island iced tea1981
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Twist, half Tea, half Coffee.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 317. ¶19 Coffee-house. Read the News. A Dish of Twist.
1725 New Canting Dict. Twist,..Likewise Brandy and Eggs mixed. Hot-pot.
1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang Gin-twist, hot water and gin, with sugar and lemon-juice, or orange ditto.
1826 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 19 395/2 Truth should be like gin-twist, half and half.
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. i. 1 The gin-twist and devilled turkey had no charms for him.
9. Tobacco made into a thick cord; a piece or ‘length’ of this. Cf. pigtail n. 1a.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > tobacco in a roll, cake, or stick
cane-tobacco1600
pudding tobacco1601
roll1602
tobacco roll1602
canea1612
pudding-packa1618
prick1666
pigtail1681
nova1688
prick tobacco1688
plug1729
plug tobacco1788
twist1791
carrot1808
cavendish1839
nail-rod1848
hard1865
twist tobacco1894
1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 499 I distributed my presents, giving him a very fine hankerchief and a twist of choice Tobacco.
1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) ii. 121 The prize offered to the successful person was a jacket and a twist of tobacco.
1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 315 Tobacco..fetched one beaver-skin per foot of Spencer's twist.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 178 Gang down to the Clachan, and bring me up a pennyworth of twist.
1850 G. Cupples Green Hand iii. 19/2 Cakes of cavendish, twists of negrohead, and coils of pigtail.
1886 H. Caine Son of Hagar iii. i Wot's to prevent me having a screw of twist on the strength of it?
1909 J. Stark Priest Gordon of Aberdeen ii. 22 I tried the daily use of small twist.
10. A small loaf made of one or more twisted rolls of dough; a small twisted roll of bread.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > roll
roll1581
bapc1600
wreath1600
breadcake1635
French roll1652
cookie1701
sugar-roll1727
petit pain1766
souter's clod1773
twist1830
simit1836
bread roll1838
pistolet1853
flute1855
twist-loaf1856
Parker House roll1873
crescent roll1886
bagel1898
Kaiser roll1898
buttery1899
croissant1899
split1905
pan de sal1910
bridge roll1926
Kaiser1927
Kaiser bun1933
Bialystok roll1951
pletzel1952
panini1955
bialy1958
Bialystok1960
1830 G. Colman Random Rec. II. iii. 78 But plague upon their bapps..a doughy sort of something, between a roll and a twist.
a1845 T. Hood Love has not Eyes iv Though she's all so much awry, she can only eat a twist!
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xix. 185 Dainty new bread, crusty twists, cool fresh butter.
1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. 274 Three or four different sorts of bread, round balls, chupatties, twists [etc.].
11. Stringy india-rubber in the crude state made up in lumps like balls of cord.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > rubber > [noun] > in specific form
rubber sheet1842
rubber band1849
cut sheet1900
sheet1900
crêpe rubber1907
smoked sheet1909
twist1909
air foam1937
foam1937
1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.
12. A curled piece of lemon (or other citrus) peel used to flavour a drink. Also (colloquial) elliptical.
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the world > food and drink > drink > mixers or flavourings > [noun]
mixer1925
pink1942
twist1958
mix1962
1958 A. L. Simon Dict. Wines 58/1 Merry Widow, 50 per cent Byrrh Wine; 50 per cent Dry Gin. Fill glass with ice; stir and strain in cocktail glass; twist of orange peel and serve.
1968 Spirits (‘Know the Drink’ Series) 36/1 Cuba Libre, 2 oz. light rum, 1 tablespoon unsweetened lime juice. Pour over ice in glass, top up with Coca-Cola, add a twist of lime or lemon rind.
1971 G. V. Higgins Friends of Eddie Coyle (1972) viii. 55 He ordered a vodka martini on the rocks with a twist.
1973 Vogue Jan. 85/2 A twist of orange with Lillet.
1981 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 2 May 18/3 A twist is of course a twist of lemon skin.
III. Senses denoting chiefly the action of the verb.
13.
a. An act or the action of turning on or as on an axis; a turn; a twirl; the condition of being twisted or turned in this way; rotary motion, spin.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > a revolution or rotation
tour1477
gyre1566
circumvolution1570
twista1577
revolution1648
roll1667
rollover1817
go-round1883
a1577 G. Gascoigne Grief of Joye i. xxviii, in Compl. Wks. (1910) II. 522 The strongest thryd, yt ever yet was sponne..Is nockthrowen yet, even with ye spindles twyst.
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. v. 37 Bending her head a little downwards, with a twist of her neck.
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 151 It is gathered by hand, grasping the leaves of the plants, and taking them off with a twist.
1826 G. Samouelle Gen. Direct. collecting Exotic Insects & Crustacea 63 The net should be of such a length, that, upon a slight twist, it may fall against one side of the hoop, and prevent the escape of the insect.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story ix Mr. Fitch..gave a twist of the curling-tongs to his beard.
1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 164 In order to accommodate it to the general twist, which rendered lateral what in other fishes is dorsal and abdominal.
1855 R. Browning Light Woman x [A pear] 'Twas quenching a dozen blue-flies' thirst When I gave its stalk a twist.
1906 Daily Chron. 7 June 4/7 We have to allow for the twist of the earth,..mid-Europe time and Eastern Europe time..are ahead of Greenwich.
b. spec. in Architecture: see quot. 1875.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > parts of
coin1350
pendant1359
voussoir1359
springer1435
spandrel1477
spring?1553
pitch1615
kneeler1617
gimmalsa1652
face1664
of the third point1672
turn1677
sweep1685
hance1700
skew-back1700
summering1700
springing1703
tympan1704
hip1726
reins1726
rib1726
third point1728
quoin1730
archivolt1731
opening1739
soffit1739
shoulder1744
extrados1772
intrados1772
haunch1793
arch-stone1828
twist1840
coign1843
architrave1849
escoinçon1867
pulvino1907
pin1928
1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 232/2 A short portion of a course, or a single arch-stone, is very nearly contained between two planes slightly inclined to each other; and..the loss of material arising from the twist of the stone must always be insignificant.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Twist (3), Archit., the wind of the bed-joint of each course of voussoirs in a skew arch.
c. A dance in which the body is twisted from side to side; spec. a dance of this kind popular in the early 1960s. Also, music for such a dance.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > shaking or jiving dances > [noun]
twist1894
shimmy1918
shimmying1919
shimmy shiver1919
heebie-jeebies1923
shimmy shake1925
shimmy-fox1926
shag1932
jitterbugging1938
jitterbug1939
jive1943
the Shake1946
swim1965
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > others
galliard1545
passamezzo1568
pavane1591
passy-measure1597
rant1656
passacaglia1659
passacaille1667
chaconne1685
rigadoon1690
passepied1696
rigaudon1708
bourrée1776
minuet de la cour1783
quadrille1802
treble1805
pigeon wing1807
polka1825
redowa1843
polka time1844
écossaise1863
verbunkos1880
drag1901
foxtrot1915
burru1929
rumba1931
palais glide1936
Lambeth Walk1937
jitterbug1939
high life1942
Zydeco1949
hand jive1958
hand jiving1958
hokey-cokey1966
twist1966
chicken scratch1972
smoocher1976
funana1981
New Beat1988
trance dance1988
1894 in Sunday Times (1962) 11 Mar. 42/5 They're ready an' willin', An' fair at Kadrillin', But my little Flo does the twist.
1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 239 An' there's no kid abaht it, they can both on 'em darnce. Kitty took fust prize..at the contest at that there 'all in Bow. You orter see 'er do the twist.
1928 Daily Tel. 11 May 11/1 ‘The Twist’, created by M. Camille de Rhynal..is designed to cultivate gliding and swaying movements.
1961 Guardian 4 Nov. 6/3 I have read recently that a new dance has been introduced in America called ‘The Twist’.
1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate iv. 116 My mother makes a party for the girls to do the Twist.
1966 Crescendo Nov. 6/1 ‘Manchild’..is an exciting, driving twist.
1978 S. Naipaul North of South i. iv. 102 Modishly dressed African men and women dancing what I assumed to be the twist.
14.
a. In Real Tennis, Cricket, Billiards, etc.: Lateral spin imparted to a ball in striking or delivery, causing it to diverge on rebounding; ‘screw’; a stroke by which such spin is given; the action or knack of giving this spin to a ball; also, a ball having such spin.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > motion of ball
twist1857
rebound1894
top1901
overspin1904
stuff1905
undercut1920
top-twist-
1699 Country Gentleman's Vade-mecum 54 The Players [at Tennis]..talking of Cuts and Twists, and Forces.
1833 J. Nyren Young Cricketer's Tutor 68 The ball was delivered quite low, and with a twist.
1857 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Billiards (ed. 2) ii. 16 The Screw or Twist..is made by striking your ball very low, with a sort of jerk.
1884 I. Bligh in James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Ann. i. ii. 3 W. H. Cooper, as to whose powers of twist and singularity of method so much had been heard.
1889 S. Gibney in Boy's Own Paper 4 May 496/1 The way well pitched up balls to crump, And how the twists should smothered be.
b. Physics. Movement parallel to, combined with rotation about, an axis (as in the motion of a screw); also, the velocity of such movement (= twist-velocity).
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > types of motion > [noun] > movement parallel to and rotation about axis
twist1891
1891 in Cent. Dict.
15. The amount or direction of twisting given to the strands of a rope (rare); also, the twisting given to yarn in spinning.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > rope-making > [noun] > amount or direction of twisting given to strands
twist1712
1712 J. Arbuthnot App. to John Bull Still in Senses iii. 16 Habakkuk brought him a smooth, strong, tough Rope... Jack..found fault with the length, the thickness, and the twist.
1811 J. Taylor Remarks Present State Devon in T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (new ed.) p. xxv The other yarn, of a softer twist, is called the abb or shoot.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 383 When the spindles have given the requisite degree of twist to the yarn.
1831 G. R. Porter Treat. Silk Manuf. 205 The action of steam..is found effectually and permanently to set the twist.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 983 The flat band, made of four ropes placed horizontally together, the ropes being laid alternately right and left... The ropes counter~act one another in the twist.
c1905 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (W. Yks.) Twist,..the turns put into the end of thread by the rotation of the spindle.
16.
a.
(a) The condition of being twisted spirally; the amount or degree of this; spec. the angle of torsion; also, a spirally twisted object or figure; a spiral line or pattern; spec. the rifling in the bore of a gun, etc. (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875). Damascus twist: see Damascus-twist at Damascus n.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > condition of being twisted spirally
twist1711
winding1711
torsion1807
tortility1835
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 120. ¶3 There is not the least Turn in the Muscles or Twist in the Fibres of any one [Animal], which does not render them more proper for that particular Animal's Way of Life than any other Cast or Texture of them would have been.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 283 The tusks [of this elephant]..have a larger twist, or spiral curve, towards the smaller end.
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 100 The experience of the workmen [gun-making] enables them to produce any intricacy of twist by this drawing out, doubling and twisting.
1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 114 It is then twisted like a rope, or..wrung as wet clothes are, until it has from twelve to fourteen complete turns in the inch... Three of these rods are then placed together, with the inclinations of the twists running in opposite directions; they are then welded.
1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 368 The twist of the spirals..being one turn in four feet.
1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 218 Drop a few drops of muriatic acid in a basin of water, and wash the barrel slightly, to brighten the twists.
1859 M. I. O. Gascoigne Handbk. Turning (new ed.) 113 Examine your work, and see whether the twists begin to appear... As the ivory twists are, of course, very delicate,..employ the screw guides, as directed for the spiral turning.
1867 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. I. §120 The whole twist of any length of a straight rod is the angle between the transverses of its ends.
1885 H. W. Watson & S. H. Burbury Math. Theory Electr. & Magn. I. 81 The suspending wire or fibre will be perfectly free from any twist or torsion.
(b) concrete. A spiral ornament in the stem of a wine glass. Usually with defining word, as air-twist, colour twist (see under the first elements), enamel twist, and frequently attributive; also transferred, a glass with this kind of stem.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > with tall stem > ornamented
roemer1831
twist1897
the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > glass > decorated or ornamented
wiederkom1825
passglas1897
twist1897
colour twist1965
1897 A. Hartshorne Old Eng. Glasses 275 The stems are of opaque-white twists of many threads.
1916 J. S. Lewis Old Glass 62 The air-twist probably began with a ‘tear’.
1923 H. J. Powell Glass-making in Eng. iv. 61 A goblet with enamel-twist stem.
1927 W. A. Thorpe Eng. & Irish Glass 18 Enamel-twists in white or coloured enamels.
1927 W. A. Thorpe Eng. & Irish Glass 18 The more complicated and objectionable colour-twists are commonest about 1760–70.
1930 T. Rohan Old Glass Beautiful 72 A Norwich twist glass.
1961 E. M. Elville Collector's Dict. Glass 81 Those glasses in white monochrome included ales and glasses with straight-sided and bucket-shaped bowls, most of which had enamel-twist stems.
1965 P. M. Hubbard Hive of Glass iv. 42 Have you anything in the way of drinking glasses?.. A twist for choice.
1973 Guardian 17 Mar. 18/6 A wine glass with an opaque twist might be worth £25, but with a blue spiral as well £200. A goblet with coloured twists would be worth upwards of £500.
1979 Radio Times 7 Apr. 25/2 We don't normally touch chipped [glass] items—though we did have a very fine colour twist with a slight chip which went for £800... You can still get a little opaque twist of the 1750s for £20–£30.
b. Dynamics. Twisting strain or force; torque.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > twisting or rotary
torsion1543
momentum1610
torque1884
twist1891
1891 in Cent. Dict.
c. figurative. A means or opportunity of twisting; a hold. Cf. screw n.1 10. slang.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > means of control > a hold upon
holda1400
tie1619
roota1715
purchase1790
nose-hold1797
twist1880
1880 E. W. Hamilton Diary 30 Nov. (1972) I. 83 The Irish land question evidently weighs heavily on Mr. G... He is afraid of Forster ‘getting a twist’. Forster is evidently in favor of very strong measures.
1881 Home Missionary (N.Y.) Feb. 386 An artful scheme by which to get a twist on them for the extortion of money.
d. the twist: cheating, dishonesty; treachery; also in phrases on, at the twist. Criminals' slang.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun]
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fobbinga1627
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fallaxitya1641
ingannation1646
hocus1652
renardism1661
dodgerya1670
knapping1671
trap1681
joukery-pawkery1686
jugglery1699
take-in1772
tripotage1779
trickery1801
ruse1807
dupery1816
nailing1819
pawkery1820
hanky-panky1841
hokey-pokey1847
suck-in1856
phenakisma1863
skulduggery1867
sharp practice1869
dodginess1871
jiggery-pokery1893
flim-flammery1898
runaround1915
hanky1924
to give the go-around1925
Scandiknavery1927
the twist1933
hype1955
mamaguy1971
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > acting treacherously [phrase]
on, at the twist1933
1933 C. E. Leach On Top of Underworld x. 141 Twist, at the, double-crossing.
1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad 334 Twist (the), to change something written or said from right to wrong. Sometimes called ‘the Oliver Twist’... A dishonest bookmaker..would say: ‘Put the Oliver on it’, instead of..‘Put the Twist on it’—which might be understood by the ‘Mug’.
1977 J. Wainwright Day of Peppercorn Kill 29 Silver-smiths,..one of 'em on the twist.
1979 J. Wainwright Duty Elsewhere x. 36 If I'd wanted you picked up—if I'd wanted to work a twist—would I be here, now?
1979 J. Wainwright Duty Elsewhere xxv. 67 Who the hell's poor? Really poor? Poor enough to merit going on the twist?
e. Slang phrase to get one's knickers in a twist: to become unduly agitated or angry (jocular).
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > be in state of nervous excitement [verb (intransitive)]
to take ona1450
seethe1609
trepidate1623
to take on oneself1632
flutter1668
pother1715
to be upon the nettle (also in a nettle)1723
to be nerve all over1778
to be all nerve1819
to be (all) on wires1824
to break up1825
to carry on1828
to be on (occasionally upon or on the) edge1872
faff1874
to have kittens1900
flap1910
to be in, get in(to), a flap1939
to go sparec1942
to keep (also blow, lose) one's cool1964
faffle1965
to get one's knickers in a twist1971
to have a canary1971
to wet one's pants1979
tweak1981
the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (intransitive)] > become angry > become unduly angry
to have a cow1959
to get one's knickers in a twist1971
to blow a gasket1975
1971 Morning Star 26 June 2/1 Britain's Foreign Office mandarins have had their knickers in a twist for the past fortnight.
1982 Brand N.Y. (Lit. Review Special Issue) 118/3 There is no reason to get one's knickers in a twist and believe the revolution is nigh.
17.
a. out of twist, free from twisting or torsion.
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the world > space > shape > straightness > [phrase] > not twisted
out of winding1711
out of wind1825
out of twist1854
1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) x. 216 If their [the plants'] plane be, as a workman would say, out of twist, their lines will seem parallel.
1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Scaffolding 34 As on the way the holes are bored will depend in a great measure whether the ladder is out of twist or not when finished, they should be made as true as possible.
b. A twisting or screwing of the body or features; a contortion or screw.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of face > contortion
twist1865
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. i. 10 Another dry twist in place of a smile.
1896 Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 5 ‘Indeed!’ said Mr. Paget, with an upward twist of his grizzled brows.
c. A strain or wrench (of a limb or joint).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > sprain or strain
wrench1530
strain1558
sprain1601
wrest1616
wramp1669
spraining1673
rax1790
rick1813
wrick1831
twist1864
stave1900
pull1923
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vii. 61 You have got a twist in that bone.
1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Twist, a strain, or wrench; of a joint.
18. A hearty appetite. Cf. twist v. 13. slang.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [noun] > keen appetite
coming stomach1656
twist1785
tuck1838
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) A good twist, a good appetite.
?a1830 in Norman London Signs & Inscript. (1893) iii. 63 Milo the Crotonian an ox slew with his fist, And ate it up at one meal, ye Gods what a glorious twist.
1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. iv. viii. 353 What a devil of a twist he has got!
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. vi. 102 You talking of my twist, indeed; you ate four chops and a whole chicken to-day, at dinner.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. iv. 92 ‘Cyrus has such a tremendous appetite...’ ‘If I've got a good twist, I can do a day's work.’
19. An irregular bend; a crook, a kink; also, a confused intertwining, as of a yarn or thread; a tangle. Chiefly figurative. a twist in one's tongue, inability to articulate or pronounce clearly.
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the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > a speech impediment
leta1387
mara1400
impedimenta1513
a twist in one's tonguea1777
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [noun] > instance of
irregularity1483
oddness1713
twista1777
quirk1807
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [noun] > that which is entangled > a tangle
node1572
knarl1598
snarl1609
rivel1625
ravel1634
snick-snarl1649
mare1688
harla1697
tangle1757
round turn1769
fankle1824
twist1858
twitter1876
taut1887
a1777 S. Foote Capuchin (1778) iii. 131 I am told I have a small twist in my tongue.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iii. 48 Some plaguy twist in our horoscope.
1858 H. W. Longfellow Courtship Miles Standish viii. 75 She disentangled expertly Twist or knot in the yarn.
1897 19th Cent. Nov. 786 A twist in the language, an intricate turn, an idiomatic knot.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 23 Dec. 9/2 The twists into which some consciences have got tangled.
20. A turning aside, a deviation; also figurative a change of circumstances, vicissitude; in quot. 18841, the twisting flight of a snipe; also, a point or place at which a road alters its direction; a bend, turn (also figurative); often in phrase twists and turns, intricate windings, ins and outs.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > (a) deviation from straight course
blenching1398
turna1400
misdrawing?a1425
swerving1545
digression1552
sklenting1568
excursion1603
diverting1611
diversion1626
deflection1646
deflexure1656
prevarication1672
deviation1675
evagation1692
departurea1694
swerve1736
twist1798
out-throw1855
throw1858
turnaway1922
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > vicissitude > vicissitudes
light and shade1733
up and down1775
twists and turns1853
Snakes and Ladders1930
the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [noun]
interlacing1532
twisting1552
wrapping1553
wreathing1553
interweaving1578
interlacement1603
contexture1649
intertexture1649
entwinementa1670
pleach1670
entwining1674
implexion1678
intertwisting1753
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intertwining1832
interramificationa1839
intertwinement1840
inweavement1842
interweavement1843
intertwist1870
twists and turns1884
interlace1904
1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 6 Anxiously did she..form to every fantastic twist of fashion, Miss Arden's rich profusion of auburn hair.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 107 A hot sun..to look in upon me all day..at every twist of the road.
1853 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. IV. xvii. 330 After all his twists and turns of fortune.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 33 When men have learned to take a pleasure and pride in the twists and turns of the law.
1884 St. James's Gaz. 19 Dec. 6/2 Before the snipe got into his twist..the single-barrel seemed to drop the shot with certainty.
1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket v. ii. 199 He knows the twists and turnings of the place.
1897 G. Allen Type-writer Girl v After various intricate twists and turns,..I found myself at last by the side of a pond.
21. figurative.
a. An inclination or attitude regarded as eccentric or perverted; esp. a peculiar mental turn or bent; an intellectual or moral bias or obliquity; a craze, whim, crotchet.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > idea
worm?a1534
frenzy1632
twist1811
fad1834
fantod1839
crank1848
marotte1852
faddity1892
1811 Ld. Byron Hints from Horace 734 (note) If she don't take a poetical twist, and come forth as a shoe-making Sappho.
1813 R. Wilson Jrnl. in Life Gen. Sir R. Wilson (1862) II. 204 He has a twist, or, as the Scotch say, a ‘craze’ on the subject of dress.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxxvi. 298 If in a mind so beautiful any moral twist or bandiness could be found.
1842 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. (1847) II. xii. 305 It took a twist of intrigue and worldliness.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire vi. 305 The twist which polemical fury may give to the most acute intelligence.
1885 H. Dunckley in Manch. Examiner 20 July 6/1 Attendance at Government night schools might easily give them a pauper twist for the rest of their lives.
b. A wresting, perversion, distortion.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [noun] > instance of
violence1546
wresting1551
wreathing1556
strain1579
wrest1581
mis-sense1615
by-signification1651
extortion1652
corruption1699
wrench1701
by-sense1782
corruptibility1847
torturing1855
twist1862
1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) iv. vii. 304 What twists has the mind of man contrived to give it [the Gospel].
1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. v. 96 The most curious twist of meaning.
1876 T. Le M. Douse Grimm's Law §34. 71 Minute phonetic twists in the several adopting dialects..might still wrench the sound on to widely divergent lines of debilitation.
c. An unexpected development of events, esp. in a work of fiction; a change from usual procedure.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > cause of surprise > turn in plot
plot twist1920
twist1941
zinger1954
twisteroo1963
1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? ii. 31 It's a comedy with a helluva twist in it... she kidnaps him.
1943 B. Smith Tree grows in Brooklyn xxvi. 177 She did not report happenings truthfully, but gave them color, excitement and dramatic twists.
1962 ‘E. Lacy’ Freeloaders ix. 186 This is the end of the story. I hardly think I've been steering you towards a twist, or snapper ending.
1974 ‘E. Lathen’ Sweet & Low xii. 125 Well, there's a new twist for you... I wonder how much it's costing Dreyer to go on network TV and remind us all that they specialize in murder, as well as chocolate.
1978 Navy News Oct. 3/1 Portraying a sailor came almost naturally to Peter O'Toole when he played Robinson Crusoe in ‘Man Friday’, which provides a new twist to the Daniel Defoe classic.
1982 M. Young Elmhirsts of Dartington ix. 227 The fact that he was nephew to..a staunch opponent of theirs was a twist that..appealed to them both. He got the job.
d. round the twist: = round the bend at bend n.4 10c. slang.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with
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far gone1616
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fey1823
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skire1825
beside one's wits1827
as mad as a hatter1829
crazied1842
off one's head1842
bemadded1850
loco1852
off one's nut1858
off his chump1864
unsane1867
meshuga1868
non-sane1868
loony1872
bee-headed1879
off one's onion1881
off one's base1882
(to go) off one's dot1883
locoed1885
screwy1887
off one's rocker1890
balmy or barmy on (or in) the crumpet1891
meshuggener1892
nutty1892
buggy1893
bughouse1894
off one's pannikin1894
ratty1895
off one's trolley1896
batchy1898
twisted1900
batsc1901
batty1903
dippy1903
bugs1904
dingy1904
up the (also a) pole1904
nut1906
nuts1908
nutty as a fruitcake1911
bugged1920
potty1920
cuckoo1923
nutsy1923
puggled1923
blah1924
détraqué1925
doolally1925
off one's rocket1925
puggle1925
mental1927
phooey1927
crackers1928
squirrelly1928
over the edge1929
round the bend1929
lakes1934
ding-a-ling1935
wacky1935
screwball1936
dingbats1937
Asiatic1938
parlatic1941
troppo1941
up the creek1941
screwed-up1943
bonkers1945
psychological1952
out to lunch1955
starkers1956
off (one's) squiff1960
round the twist1960
yampy1963
out of (also off) one's bird1966
out of one's skull1967
whacked out1969
batshit1971
woo-woo1971
nutso1973
out of (one's) gourd1977
wacko1977
off one's meds1986
1960 D. Abse House of Cowards in Plays of Year 1960–61 XXIII. 190 I knew he was barmy. I knew that man was round the twist, sayin' things like that.
1971 ‘F. Clifford’ Blind Side iv. iii. 178 I ask you. Enough to send you round the twist.
1977 D. Bagley Enemy v. 38 I swear Ogilvie thought I was going round the twist.
22. Anglo-Irish. A spell or turn; a bout; a contest. Cf. turn n. 3. rare.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > bout or contest
boxing match1699
set-to1743
bruising-match1757
show-off1776
rally1805
turn-up1810
mill1812
spar1814
twista1849
wap1887
go1890
scrap1905
promotion1907
a1849 J. Keegan Legends & Poems (1907) 430 The great Queen's County bruiser..to take a twist with Davy Fetherstone.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
twist-cop n.
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1881 Manch. Guard. 12 Jan. Medium counts of twist and weft cops.
† twist fringe n. Obsolete
ΚΠ
1590 Acct.-bk. of William Wray in Antiquary (1896) 32 371 Cre[mosin] and black twiste fringe..twiste blacke fringe.
twist hand n.
ΚΠ
1886 Daily News 20 Oct. 6/2 The twist hands or workmen who have charge of a machine earned their..seven pounds a week.
twist-loaf n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > roll
roll1581
bapc1600
wreath1600
breadcake1635
French roll1652
cookie1701
sugar-roll1727
petit pain1766
souter's clod1773
twist1830
simit1836
bread roll1838
pistolet1853
flute1855
twist-loaf1856
Parker House roll1873
crescent roll1886
bagel1898
Kaiser roll1898
buttery1899
croissant1899
split1905
pan de sal1910
bridge roll1926
Kaiser1927
Kaiser bun1933
Bialystok roll1951
pletzel1952
panini1955
bialy1958
Bialystok1960
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. x. 100 I made my meat-ball like a twist-loaf.
twist manufacturer n.
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1800 New Ann. Direct. 235 Twist Manufacturers.
twist service n. (In sense 14.)
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > types of stroke
service1611
serving1688
screw1865
cut1874
cutting service1874
boast1878
first serve1878
smash1882
twister1884
cross-shot1889
lob1890
ground stroke1895
lob ball1900
twist service1901
boasting1902
cross-volley1905
get1911
chop1913
forehander1922
kick serve1925
forehand1934
touch shot1936
dink1939
net shot1961
overhead1964
groundie1967
slice1969
moonball1975
moonballing1977
1901 Munsey's Mag. 25 657/1 Mahony was beaten at Newport..chiefly through the twist service.
twist-spinning n.
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1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 387 In water twist-spinning, the operation of stretching is not introduced.
twist tobacco n.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun] > tobacco in a roll, cake, or stick
cane-tobacco1600
pudding tobacco1601
roll1602
tobacco roll1602
canea1612
pudding-packa1618
prick1666
pigtail1681
nova1688
prick tobacco1688
plug1729
plug tobacco1788
twist1791
carrot1808
cavendish1839
nail-rod1848
hard1865
twist tobacco1894
1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 63 He would be reduced once more to the old patched suit and station twist tobacco.
C2.
twist barrel n. a gun-barrel formed of a spirally twisted strip or strips of iron.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > barrel > types of
pistol barrel1663
rifle barrel1766
stub-barrel1833
twist barrel1833
stub1853
full choke1876
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 98 The twist barrels..are used for the most curious and expensive kinds of guns and pistols.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 81 The great step to the success of the double fowling-piece was the employment of twist barrels.
twist-barrelled adj.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [adjective] > by type of barrel(s)
long-barrelled1678
double-barrelled1709
double-barrel1807
twist-barrelled1858
1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 189 A twist barrelled gun.
twist-bit n. = twisted bit n. at twisted adj. Compounds 1.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > drill > types of bit
rose bit1842
pod-bit1875
twist-drill1875
twisted bit1875
chamfering-bita1877
twisted drill1884
twist-bit1901
Forstner bit1902
1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Scaffolding 34 They must now be bored..with brace and twist-bit.
twist-drill n. see quot.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > drill > types of bit
rose bit1842
pod-bit1875
twist-drill1875
twisted bit1875
chamfering-bita1877
twisted drill1884
twist-bit1901
Forstner bit1902
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Twist-drill, (Metalworking) a drill having a twisted body like that of an auger.
1889 P. N. Hasluck Model Engineer's Handybk. 66 A twist drill will run through easily and will leave two holes.
twist-frame n. a throstle for spinning cotton.
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1819 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. III. 396/2 The mule..contains a system of rollers like that belonging to the twist frame.
twist-gear n. a gear in which the teeth are helices ( Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909).
twist grip n. a control operated manually by twisting, spec. one which serves as a hand-grip, and alters the throttle on a motor cycle or scooter, or the gears on a bicycle.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motorcycle > [noun] > parts of
carrier1911
pillion1911
stand1918
drivetrain1938
kick-stand1947
twist grip1954
sissy bar1959
peg1965
hardtail1971
tank bag1974
top box1976
cockpit1993
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > parts and equipment of cycles > gears > control operated by twisting
twist grip1954
1954 J. Masters Bhowani Junction i. 13 I was bending over the handlebars, turning the twist-grip throttle.
1962 Engineering 2 Nov. 584 Travel controls consist of a twist~grip (the amount of twist governing the speed of travel) and a steering wheel.
1975 Which? May 143/4 Twistgrip gear change.
1980 Outdoor Life (U.S.) Oct. (Northeast ed.) 26/1 Several times I've bumped that twist grip accidentally, turning the motor on.
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twist-joint n. Telegraphy a joint made by placing the ends of two wires side by side and coiling each round the other for a few turns ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
twist knot n. a figure-of-eight knot, repeated or continued so as to form a kind of plait.
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the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [noun] > that which is intertwined > specific
twist knot1871
1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 246 The twist knot is by no means so generally known. Dissected it is an ordinary ‘three plait’, though formed of one piece... If well done it forms a hard, tight, and compact long knot.
twist-lace n. = bobbin-net n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > with open texture > net or mesh > machine-made cotton net
bobbin-net1814
twist-lace1840
1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 432/1 Improvements in machinery, for..making figured or ornamental bobbin~net or twist-lace.
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† twist line n. Obsolete see twine n.1 4b.
twist-lock n. a locking device for securing large containers to the trailers on which they are transported.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > device for securing containers to trailer
twist-lock1969
1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 137/2 ‘Tie-down’ devices..are designed to mate with the bottom corners of the containers, which are fitted with twist-locks.
1977 Grimsby Evening Tel. 26 May 4/8 (advt.) One new Crane Freuhauf 40 ft PSK twistlock trailer, available for hire, £35 per week.
twist-machine n. see quot.; also a machine for cutting spiral mouldings in woodwork ( Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895).
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1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Twist-machine, one form of lace-making machine.
twist-off n. (a) Oil Industry (see quot. 1932); (b) attributive, that may be removed manually by twisting.
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society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > breaking off of drill pipe
twist-off1932
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > removed or taken away > able to be
removablec1470
exemptile1607
exemptible1611
pull-off1875
tear-off1889
twist-off1932
take-off1950
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > from the position of being on > by twisting
wrest1297
to wring offa1529
twine1705
offwringa1889
twist-off1932
1932 Amer. Speech 7 271 Twist-off.., a breaking off of the rotary drill pipe in the hole by torsional stress.
1964 Supermarket & Self-Service May–June 19/2 The new twist-off cap.
1970 W. Smith Gold Mine xiii. 38 The whole rig was seconds away from a twist-off.
1974 P. L. Moore et al. Drilling Pract. Man. ii. 14 Other limitations have to be considered such as..pipe wear and the danger of twist-offs.
1981 A. Lopez Compl. Course in Canning (ed. 11) I. viii. 183 (caption) ‘Twist-off’ or Lug cap.
twist-pinion n. = twist-wheel n.
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1879 J. Robertson in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 397/2 The twist-pinion requires to be changed when any material alteration is made in the count of the yarn.
twist-rail n. a banister-rail characterized by a twisted or curved end or part.
ΚΠ
1778 Encycl. Brit. I. 618/1 Plate xxxviii. Shews the manner of squaring twist~rails.
twist-shaft n. the shaft of the twist-wheel.
ΚΠ
1884 W. S. B. McLaren Spinning Woollen & Worsted (ed. 2) 139 The crown wheel..appears at first sight as if it were driven by the twist shaft.
twist-stitch n. an embroidery stitch: see quot.
ΚΠ
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 180/1 Cord Stitch, a stitch used in Embroidery to cover straight threads thrown across spaces, and not run into the material; also known as Twist Stitch... Throw a line of thread across a space and fasten it firmly. Return the thread to where it first started from by twisting it over and over the straight and tight line first made.
twist-wheel n. in a spinning-machine, a wheel by which the number of turns put into the yarn is determined.
ΚΠ
1851 L. D. B. Gordon in Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. vi**/2 The requisite quantity of twist..is regulated by the twist-wheel.
twist-yarn n. = sense 4b (a).
ΚΠ
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 413 Spinning of twist yarn is the sole business of the establishment.
1891 Labour Commission Gloss. (at cited word) Twist yarn is used for the warps which run lengthwise in a piece of cloth... Twist yarn is always made much stronger than weft, and is so called because more twists per inch are put into the yarn while being spun.
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† twistn.2

Forms: In Middle English twyst-.
Etymology: Perhaps identical with the second element of Old English mæst-twist (glossing Latin parastates), which may be connected with twist n.1 1, 2, 3
Obsolete. rare.
Used with line and rope to designate some part of the tackle of a vessel.
ΚΠ
1336 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer 20/20 De .xj. petris cordarum de Canabo..emptis..pro vno Twystrop inde faciendo.
1336–7 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/19/31) m. 5 In vj. petris corde de canabo..pro vno boltrope vno Twystrope et j. lychrop.
1356 in Pipe Roll 32 Edw. III, m. 34/2 (P.R.O.) xj. forloks. iij toppelynes, v. twystlyne [sic], vj tregetropes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

twistn.3

Brit. /twɪst/, U.S. /twɪst/, Australian English /twɪst/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: twist and twirl n.
Etymology: Short for twist and twirl n.
slang (originally Australian, later chiefly U.S.). Now somewhat rare.
A young woman, a girl. Also occasionally: (with possessive adjective) a girlfriend, a female sweetheart. Cf. twist and twirl n.Sometimes with disparaging or contemptuous implication.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun]
daughterOE
maidenOE
young womanOE
mayc1175
burdc1225
maidc1275
wenchc1290
file1303
virginc1330
girla1375
damselc1380
young ladya1393
jilla1425
juvenclec1430
young person1438
domicellea1464
quean1488
trull1525
pulleta1533
Tib1533
kittyc1560
dell1567
gillian1573
nymph1584
winklota1586
frotion1587
yuffrouw1589
pigeon1592
tit1599
nannicock1600
muggle1608
gixy1611
infanta1611
dilla1627
tittiea1628
whimsy1631
ladykin1632
stammel1639
moggie1648
zitellaa1660
baggagea1668
miss1668
baby1684
burdie1718
demoiselle1720
queanie?1800
intombi1809
muchacha1811
jilt1816
titter1819
ragazza1827
gouge1828
craft1829
meisie1838
sheila1839
sixteenc1840
chica1843
femme1846
muffin1854
gel1857
quail1859
kitten1870
bud1880
fräulein1883
sub-debutante1887
sweet-and-twenty1887
flapper1888
jelly1889
queen1894
chick1899
pusher1902
bit of fluff1903
chicklet1905
twist and twirl1905
twist1906
head1913
sub-deb1916
tabby1916
mouse1917
tittie1918
chickie1919
wren1920
bim1922
nifty1923
quiff1923
wimp1923
bride1924
job1927
junior miss1927
hag1932
tab1932
sort1933
palone1934
brush1941
knitting1943
teenybopper1966
weeny-bopper1972
Valley Girl1982
1906 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) 23 Dec. 4/8 Me an' my twist (indicating a frowsy female) and me cobber an' ee's twist (pointing to another choice couple).
1919 Truth (Brisbane) 28 Sept. 2/3 Tassy girls wear much the same complexion as the English twists.
1953 ‘R. Macdonald’ in H. Waugh Merchants of Menace (1969) 93 I hate to see it happen to a pretty little twist like Fern.
1979 ‘H. Howard’ Sealed Envelope v. 74 Soon as I discovered she was an easy proposition I dropped out. I don't go for a twist who sleeps in anybody's bed.
1987 R. W. Campbell Alice in La-la Land vi. 56 ‘There's no justice,’ Canaan said... ‘A twist like that, a gonif like you. Like Bambi and Godzilla.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

twistv.

Brit. /twɪst/, U.S. /twɪst/
Forms: Middle English twiste, Middle English–1500s twyst, Middle English twyste, (Middle English tuyst), 1500s– twist. past tense and participle twisted; also Middle English twyst(e, twist(e; (past tense Middle English tueste, 1600s Scottish twust; past participle 1500s–1600s twist).
Etymology: Evidently (like twine v.1) a derivative from the stem twi- comb. form, denoting either division in two (Branch I) or combination of two (threads, etc.) into one (Branch II). With the former compare Flemish, Dutch, and Low German twisten to disagree, quarrel (hence Danish tviste, Swedish tvista), Icelandic tvistra or tvístra to scatter (also á tvist, Old Icelandic tvistróttr scattered); with the latter compare older Flemish (Kilian) twisten to twine (thread), Danish dialect tviste, tweste. Branch III would be a natural development of II, though actually recorded a century earlier. The meaning of twisteð in Trin. Coll. Hom. 213 is obscure, and the passage appears to be in some way corrupt.
I. To divide, separate.
†1. intransitive. To divide into branches; to branch. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > diverge [verb (intransitive)] > ramify or branch
twist1340
branch1398
ramify1576
derivea1612
sprig1658
divaricate1672
subdivide1681
ramificate1780
spray1872
divide1878
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 159 Yef þe onderstondingge is wrong, oþer yef huy tuysteþ..al þe inwyt ssel by þiestre... He tuysteþ ine tuo, huanne me wylneþ of one half to god, and of oþer~half to þe wordle.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum v. xxi. (Bodl.) lf. 12/1 The tunges of addres bene blacke..swifte in meuyng..þat meueþ þe tunge so swiftelich so þat on tunge semeþ iforked and twisted [L. Qui tam velociter linguas agitat vt vna numero bifurcari videatur lingua].
2. transitive.
a. To prune, clip. Obsolete or dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > trees: prune or lop
sneda800
shredc1000
crop?c1225
purgec1384
parea1398
shear1398
shridea1425
dodc1440
polla1449
twist1483
top1509
stow1513
lop1519
bough?1523
head?1523
poll-shred1530
prune1547
prime1565
twig1570
reform1574
disbranch1575
shroud1577
snathe1609
detruncate1623
amputate1638
abnodate1656
duba1661
to strip up1664
reprune1666
pollard1670
shrub1682
log1699
switch1811
limb1835
preen1847
to cut back1871
shrig1873
brash1950
summer prune1980
1483 Cath. Angl. 399/2 To Twyste, defrondare.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. v. A I will laye it waist, that it shall nether be twysted nor cut, but beare thornes and breares.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Esdras xvi. 43 He that twysteth the vynyarde, as he that shal not gather the grapes.
1672 in W. Grainge Nidderdale (1863) 137 (note) [The tenant also agrees] not to cut, fell, or twist the wood standing and growing thereon.
†b. figurative. To detach, separate, take away. Obsolete.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away
ateec885
withbreidec890
animOE
overbearOE
to do awayOE
flitc1175
reavec1175
takec1175
to have away?a1300
to draw awayc1300
weve13..
to wend awaya1325
withdrawa1325
remuec1325
to carry away1363
to take away1372
waive1377
to long awaya1382
oftakec1390
to draw offa1398
to do froa1400
forflitc1420
amove?a1425
to carry out?a1425
surtrayc1440
surtretec1440
twistc1440
abstract1449
ostea1450
remove1459
ablatea1475
araisea1475
redd1479
dismove1480
diminish?1504
convey1530
alienate1534
retire1536
dimove1540
reversec1540
subtractc1540
submove1542
sublate1548
pare1549
to pull in1549
exempt1553
to shift off1567
retract?1570
renversec1586
aufer1587
to lay offa1593
rear1596
retrench1596
unhearse1596
exemea1600
remote1600
to set off1600
subduct1614
rob1627
extraneize1653
to bring off1656
to pull back1656
draft1742
extract1804
reef1901
c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine i. 103 He prechyd so ther þat [he] hem alle twyst [v.r. twyste] Fro all her maumentrye & fals be-leue.
c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine ii. 866 I haue ȝit no list Þat ony man my maydynhod schuld twyst.
II. To combine, unite, and derived senses.
3.
a. transitive. To combine two or more yarns or fibres of (any suitable material) into a thread or cord by spinning; to form (a thread or cord) by spinning the yarns or strands. Also absol.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (transitive)] > spin > spin thread
spinc1290
twist1471
pirl1523
twisterc1605
upspin1925
1471 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 551 Alys Haweryng hat spowne and cardyd and twystyd tweyntey pownde of ȝerne.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 764/2 I twyst threde, I twyne threde. This terme is northren; declared in ‘I twyne’.
1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 73 Man and maide Whilst winding, twisting, and in weauing, thay Now laugh, now chide.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 129 The smallest thred That euer Spider twisted from her wombe Will serue to strangle thee. View more context for this quotation
1652 W. Brough Sacred Princ. (ed. 2) 444 Cords..if well Twist and Made, will Binde and hold any, though never so Strong.
1690 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 3 6000 l. worth of hay is already bought on the river Severn and ordered to be twisted and sent on board.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 195 Tow-Lines..they supplied, by twisting a strong tough Kind of Flag or Rush.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 557 Manufactory for spinning and twisting cotton.
1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. vi. 184 Organzine, besides being wound, cleaned, and doubled, is twisted or thrown twice.
b. figurative or in figurative context.
Π
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. i. 294 Wast not to this end, That thou beganst to twist so fine a storie? View more context for this quotation
1643 C. Herle David's Song 5 A double string,..twisted of two parts into a kind of discordant concord.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 12 He a Rope of sand could twist, As tough as learned Sorbonist.
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 65 It twists the sacred and endearing cord of society.
1872 W. Bagehot Physics & Polit. (1876) 120 His life is twisted into a thousand curious habits.
1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 17 I am trying hard to twist a rope of which I never held the other end.
c. transferred. To plait, weave, twine, wreathe.
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the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (transitive)] > form by
wind971
writheOE
weave1495
contex1542
wreathea1547
twista1592
comply?1611
inweave1667
entwine1697
a1592 T. Watson Poems (1870) 15 Where Lawrell wreath's are twist for them alone, Whose gals are burst with often tasted sowre.
1693 Brit. Patent 313 A certaine Engine or Machine for the Makeing or Twisting of Whips.
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 40 To twist the garland of your blessedness.
1878 M. A. Brown tr. J. L. Runeberg Nadeschda 20 Of straw a girdle twisted up.
4. To join or unite by twining or interlacing; to twine together; to entwine (one thing) with or †to another; to intertwine, interweave.
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the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (transitive)]
wind971
braidc1000
writheOE
biwevec1300
enlacec1374
winda1387
tracec1400
bredec1440
knit1470
embraid1481
interlace1523
entrail?1530
wreathea1547
beknit1565
twist1565
wand1572
embroid1573
mat1577
complect1578
intertex1578
inweave1578
lace1579
plight1589
entwine1597
bewreath1598
interweave1598
implicate1610
twine1612
complicatea1631
implex1635
intertwine1641
plash1653
enwreathe1667
raddle1671
intertwist1797
pleach1830
impleach1865
1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vii. f. 225 Fyue rowes of them ioyned and twysted one wythin another, so that whosoeuer ventured in, must nedes gore them selues vppon the sharpe pointes of the stakes.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. xxiii. 537 These meet one with another in the space betweene, and are interlaced, twisted, and tied together.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 94 The people..thought to forbid..his desired entrance, by twisting one tree to another.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 22 A Pillar made of three brazen Serpents twisted together.
1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 190 The seat..is made of bark and ropes twisted together.
1825 W. Scott Talisman viii, in Tales Crusaders III. 202 A small silken bag made of network, twisted with silver.
1825 W. Scott Talisman xiv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 300 The sashes were twisted with silk and gold.
1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxiv. 624 Twist together five or six folds of steel harpsichord wire.
5. figurative.
a. To unite, combine, connect, associate intimately, like strands in a cord.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > intricately
interlacec1374
entermeenec1443
enterlade1545
weave1545
twist1574
interwork1603
interweave1612
context1628
involve1651
warp1803
thread1853
1574 J. Baret Aluearie T 403 To binde, or twist harde togither: to mingle so togither that one can not tell what the thing meaneth.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xxiv. 151 John de Bren..to twist his title with another string, married Maria Iole.
1646–8 G. Daniel Tomb Earl Strafford ii Our Monarch's Fate Was twist in his.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila i. xcvi. 13 Make Arts thy Tributaries, twist Heart, Tongue, & Pen.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 555 Pity your own, or pity our Estate; Nor twist our Fortunes with your sinking Fate.
1712 M. Henry Daily Commun. God i, in Wks. (1853) I. 205/1 God has been pleased therein to twist interests with us.
1731 ‘C. Crambo’ Mr. Bowman's Serm. 24 The Church then with the State was twisted.
b. to twist in, to initiate or swear in as a member or associate of the Luddites. to twist out: see quot. 1883; also literal, to get out (a strand) from a cord by unravelling it.
ΘΠ
society > occupation and work > worker > those involved in labour relations > those involved in labour relations or associations [verb (transitive)] > initiate as member of Luddites
to twist in1813
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > separate from main body > by specific means
ring-fence1870
to twist out1887
screen1943
1813 Ann. Reg. 1812 Chron. 63/1 Offering five guineas bounty, and 15s. per week to all that would be twisted in.
1813 B. Walker in Examiner 11 Jan. 21/2 The murder was well known amongst those twisted in.
1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Twisted out, after the trials at York, an order in Council directed that..the Luddites..should go before a magistrate, and be twisted out, as it was called; that is, they took the Oath of Allegiance.
1887 J. Hutchison Lect. Philippians iv. 35 The whole cordage..has a red thread moving throughout it, which cannot be twisted out without undoing it all.
c. figurative. To entangle or mix up with something; to get into a tangled or confused state; to confuse, confound.
Π
1864 S. B. Warner Old Helmet I. 281 The question..was inextricably twisted up with the other question.
1908 H. R. Haggard Ghost Kings viii They had twisted up the story..into that [story] which they had narrated to her.
6. To wind or coil (a thread or the like) on or round something; to attach in this way; to encircle (an object) with or as with a thread, etc.; to entwine in something else.
ΘΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil round (something) > coil (something) round or upon itself
windc1325
wrap?1523
to roll up1530
wreathe1530
upwind1560
twist1582
twinec1585
circumvolute1599
bottom1612
rolla1616
overwhelm1634
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 42 I twisted a wallet On my broad shoulders.
16.. in J. H. Burton Scot Abroad (1864) I. iii. 150 He had long hair platt over his neck, whilk David Home..twust to his saddle-bow.
1710 W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes (1722) x. 34 His Thighs were all twisted round with Folds of Vipers.
1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 53 A few wild flowers were twisted in her fine hair.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 21 Jane ran to a looking-glass and..twisted her limp ringlets round her long pale fingers into apologies for curls.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. III. 268 Twisting silk on bits of cards cut star-wise.
1870 J. Hamilton Moses v. 99 A sinful habit entwined and twisted round your souls.
1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay x. 156 Lambert twisted the comforter round his throat and face.
7. intransitive and reflexive. To pass or move in a tortuous manner; to coil or twine about or round; to penetrate into something with a tortuous movement or action.
ΘΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move in winding course
to turn and winda1398
wreathea1500
twine1553
indent1567
virea1586
crank1594
to dance the hay or hays1600
maze1605
serpent1606
to indent the way1612
cringlea1629
indenture1631
circumgyre1634
twist1635
glomerate1638
winda1682
serpentine1767
meander1785
zigzag1787
zag1793
to worm one's way1822
vandyke1828
crankle1835
thread the needle1843
switchback1903
rattlesnake1961
zig1969
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (reflexive)] > move in winding course
winda1400
twist1635
zigzag1821
angle1863
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. xii. 230 O how these Armes..did twine, And strongly twist about his yeelding wast!
a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1821) i. 7 Any filthy vice..perpetually twisting itself into the thread of our finest spun speculations.
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 121 A fountaine of Serpents twisting about a Globe.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 391 Great Columns..finely engraven with Fruits and Foliage that run twisting about 'em from the very Top to the Bottom.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 227 They [sc. boas]..will dart down upon travellers, and twist themselves so closely round their bodies, as to dispatch them in a very few minutes.
1850 G. Cupples Green Hand vii. 82/2 Flowers, trailing and twisting in thick snaky coils close up to the stems.
1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. iii. 72 A writhing horror twisted itself across his features.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. App. viii. 364 The weeds..have twisted themselves into its crannies.
III. To wring, wrench.
†8. transitive. To compress with a turning movement; to wring; also figurative to torment, harass. Obsolete.Cf. tuaste past tense (c1325) in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës II. 272.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)]
tawc893
ermec897
swencheOE
besetOE
bestandc1000
teenOE
baitc1175
grieve?c1225
war?c1225
noyc1300
pursuec1300
travailc1300
to work (also do) annoyc1300
tribula1325
worka1325
to hold wakenc1330
chase1340
twistc1374
wrap1380
cumbera1400
harrya1400
vexc1410
encumber1413
inquiet1413
molest?a1425
course1466
persecutec1475
trouble1489
sturt1513
hare1523
hag1525
hale1530
exercise1531
to grate on or upon1532
to hold or keep waking1533
infest1533
scourge1540
molestate1543
pinch1548
trounce1551
to shake upa1556
tire1558
moila1560
pester1566
importune1578
hunt1583
moider1587
bebait1589
commacerate1596
bepester1600
ferret1600
harsell1603
hurry1611
gall1614
betoil1622
weary1633
tribulatea1637
harass1656
dun1659
overharry1665
worry1671
haul1678
to plague the life out of1746
badger1782
hatchel1800
worry1811
bedevil1823
devil1823
victimize1830
frab1848
mither1848
to pester the life out of1848
haik1855
beplague1870
chevy1872
obsede1876
to get on ——1880
to load up with1880
tail-twist1898
hassle1901
heckle1920
snooter1923
hassle1945
to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946
to bust (a person's) chops1953
noodge1960
monster1967
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > twist, wring, or squeeze out
twistc1374
press1381
expressc1400
outwringc1430
to wring upc1440
queasea1450
dow1481
strain1483
squash1599
crush1602
squeeze1602
squeeze1611
out-scruze1626
compel1657
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 226 (254) Þe furye and þe rage Whiche þat his herte twyste & faste þreste.
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 494 Ther was no wight saue god and he þat wiste In many wise how soore I hym twiste.
c1386 G. Chaucer Merch. T. 761 She taketh hym by the hand and harde hym twiste.
c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 776 Whan a pipe is blowen sharpe The aire ys twyst with violence And rent.
9.
a. To wring out of place or shape, or so as to change the shape; esp. to force (a limb, etc.) round so as to sprain it; to wrench. to twist up, to screw up into a rounded form. Also reflexive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > affect with disorder of joints [verb (transitive)] > dislocate
unjointa1393
twist?1515
dislocate1608
dislock1609
luxate1623
to put out1640
lux1708
slip1728
to throw out1885
pop1914
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > make complicated [verb (transitive)]
entrike?c1425
envolde1451
involve1533
perplex1547
enfold1605
daedalizea1618
fasel1636
interpuzzle1650
puzzle1652
ravel1656
intriguea1677
complicate1832
to twist up1864
?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. A.vv Imagy. At tyburne..Some take a fall that maketh theyr neck lame. Frewyll. Ye but can they go no more? Imagy. Oh no man the wrest is twyste so sore.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 205 The Doctor..fairly twisted his wrists almost to the Breaking thereof.
c1803 C. K. Sharpe New Oxf. Guide ii I twisted my ancle—foment it with grease.
1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 177 This mirror is so twisted with convexities.
1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands II. xxi. 249 Twisting the neck of a skoray, or young kittiwake.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. viii. 194 [He] seized him [sc. Tom] and twisted his arm.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vi. 46 It seemed to twist itself into some likeness of boughs.
†b. spec. to twist a horse: see quot. 1728. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [verb (transitive)] > breed horses > castrate
to twist a horse1728
harrow1753
twitch1798
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) To Twist a Horse, is violently to wring or twist his Testicles twice about, which causes them to dry up, and deprives them of Nourishment.
c. passive. To be hanged. slang.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > be hanged [verb (intransitive)]
rideeOE
hangc1000
anhangc1300
wagc1430
totter?1515
to wave in the windc1515
swing1542
trine1567
to look through ——?1570
to preach at Tyburn cross1576
stretch?1576
to stretch a rope1592
truss1592
to look through a hempen window?a1600
gibbet1600
to have the lift1604
to salute Tyburn1640
to dance the Tyburn jig1664
dangle1678
to cut a caper on nothing1708
string1714
twist1725
to wallop in a tow (also tether)1786
to streek in a halter1796
to straight a ropea1800
strap1815
to dance upon nothing1837
to streek a tow1895
1725 New Canting Dict. Twisted, executed, hanged.
1811 Lexicon Balatronicum at Nose His pall nosed, and he was twisted for a crack,..was hanged for burglary.
d. to twist the tail (of a person): to annoy, to coerce (someone). to twist the lion's tail (U.S.): to provoke the resentment of British people.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex
gremec893
dretchc900
awhenec1000
teenOE
fretc1290
annoyc1300
atrayc1320
encumberc1330
diseasec1340
grindc1350
distemperc1386
offenda1387
arra1400
avexa1400
derea1400
miscomforta1400
angerc1400
engrievec1400
vex1418
molesta1425
entrouble?1435
destroublea1450
poina1450
rubc1450
to wring (a person) on the mailsc1450
disprofit1483
agrea1492
trouble1515
grig1553
mis-set?1553
nip?1553
grate1555
gripe1559
spitec1563
fike?1572
gall1573
corsie1574
corrosive1581
touch1581
disaccommodate1586
macerate1588
perplex1590
thorn1592
exulcerate1593
plague1595
incommode1598
affret1600
brier1601
to gall or tread on (one's) kibes1603
discommodate1606
incommodate1611
to grate on or upon1631
disincommodate1635
shog1636
ulcerate1647
incommodiate1650
to put (a person) out of his (her, etc.) way1653
discommodiate1654
discommode1657
ruffle1659
regrate1661
disoblige1668
torment1718
pesta1729
chagrin1734
pingle1740
bothera1745
potter1747
wherrit1762
to tweak the nose of1784
to play up1803
tout1808
rasp1810
outrage1818
worrit1818
werrit1825
buggerlug1850
taigle1865
get1867
to give a person the pip1881
to get across ——1888
nark1888
eat1893
to twist the tail1895
dudgeon1906
to tweak the tail of1909
sore1929
to put up1930
wouldn't it rip you!1941
sheg1943
to dick around1944
cheese1946
to pee off1946
to honk off1970
to fuck off1973
to tweak (a person's or thing's) tail1977
to tweak (a person's or thing's) nose1983
to wind up1984
to dick about1996
to-teen-
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)]
needeOE
straita1340
pressa1393
afforcea1400
stressa1400
coactc1400
coarctc1400
strainc1400
compulse?a1475
cohert1475
oppress1523
compel1526
forcec1540
to tie to the stake1544
urge1576
adact1615
duressa1626
coerce1659
railroad1889
to twist the tail1895
steamroll1900
steamroller1912
shanghai1919
bulldozer1945
shotguna1961
the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be or become resentful [verb (intransitive)] > arouse indignation or resentment > provoke resentment of British people
to twist the lion's tail1895
1895 Literary Digest 25 May 112/2 Papers in the U.S. take to shouting ‘Hands off!’ to England... Twisting the lion's tail is a regular electioneering maneuver.
1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xvi. 259 [He] twisted the tail of a Connecticut insurance company that was trying to do business contrary to the edicts of the great Lone Star State.
1926 E. L. Abbey Twist of Lion's Tail 9 John Bull takes the lion for his emblem... Twist the lion's tail and how he hollers!
1935 ‘N. Blake’ Question of Proof v. 91 Revenge seems to me least likely. Grown men don't kill boys just because they've had their tails twisted by them.
1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. iv. 173 I get a good deal of amusement twisting both their ‘advanced’ tails, particularly the egregious parson's.
1965 P. O'Donnell Modesty Blaise vi. 72 So they were going to twist his tail for a while. Well,..the side-effects would have to be accepted stoically.
1979 E. Newman Sunday Punch vii. 58 I took a silent vow never again to twist the lion's tail editorially.
e. to twist (someone's) arm: to force or persuade someone to do something. Also used jocularly when no coercion is needed, esp. with reference to drinking.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade [verb (intransitive)] > pressurize
to put (also keep) the screw (also screws) on1659
to crowd the mourners1842
to bring pressure to bear1853
to put (also bring, exert) pressure on1853
pressure1922
to be on someone's wheel1941
to twist (someone's) arm1953
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (intransitive)] > to action
to put (a person) to it1581
to hold (also put) a pistol to (also at) (a person's) head1841
to force (one's) hand1860
to twist (someone's) arm1953
1953 Word for Word (Whitbread & Co.) 36/2 Twist one's arm, to ‘persuade’ one to have a drink, when no persuasion is needed.
1953 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang (1954) §221/2 Force; compel.. twist one's arm.
1953 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang (1954) §223/5 Induce; persuade..twist one's arm.
1968 C. Cooper Thunder & Lightning Man iv. 65 The National Trust, in their genteel fashion, are beginning to twist my arm. The property must be made to pay its way.
1972 G. Bell Villains Galore v. 57 ‘That looks a very nice little pub over there.’.. ‘All right—you've twisted my arm enough,’ admitted Boote.
1977 G. Scott Hot Pursuit xii. 108 If you'd twisted my arm I would have had to admit that it was even important enough to justify the risks.
1982 H. Engel Ransom Game xxv. 154 I let him twist my arm into taking a Scotch with water.
10.
a. To turn awry; to screw up or contract (the features, etc.); to contort, distort.
ΘΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > writhe or twist [verb (transitive)]
wresta1000
throwOE
twingec1000
wringc1000
wrench?c1225
writhec1400
wreathec1425
wryc1460
screw1600
twist1769
the world > space > shape > misshapenness > put out of shape [verb (transitive)] > distort
wresta1000
writheOE
miswrencha1393
wrya1586
divert1609
crumple1615
rumple1636
contort1705
screwa1711
distort1751
twist1769
shevel1777
gnarl1814
1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 503 In the fit..his extremities are bent or twisted various ways.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ix, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 185 Sorely did he twist about his physiognomy, and much did he stumble in his speech, before he could express his idea.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Lancelot & Elaine 1139 in Idylls of King The dumb old servitor..Winking his eyes, and twisted all his face.
1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xxx. 428 A bitter smile twisted the muscles about Mrs. Gerome's mouth.
1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner viii At times he twisted his lips, moistening them with his tongue.
b. figurative. To wrest the form or meaning of; to pervert; to distort; to force a meaning from.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > pervert or distort [verb (transitive)]
crooka1340
deprave1382
pervertc1390
strainc1449
drawc1450
miswrest?a1475
bewrya1522
wry?1521
to make a Welshman's hose ofa1529
writhea1533
wrest1533
invert1534
wring?1541
depravate1548
rack1548
violent1549
wrench1549
train1551
wreathe1556
throw1558
detorta1575
shuffle1589
wriggle1593
distortc1595
to put, set, place, etc. on the rack1599
twine1600
wire-draw1610
monstrify1617
screw1628
corrupt1630
gloss1638
torture1648
force1662
vex1678
refract1700
warp1717
to put a force upon1729
twist1821
ply1988
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. ii. 28 Twisting into all manner of uncouth and incomprehensible forms of speech the honest plain English phrase which God gave us to express our meaning withal.
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned II. xxiv. 306 I tried to twist her words into a hundred meanings.
1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. viii. 176 A mere logician, twisting Aristotle to mean what she knew..Aristotle never meant.
1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 120 A law no guile can twist to harm.
1883 19th Cent. May 730 Twisting my opinions into accordance with a party.
11. To force down, pull off or out with a turning strain; to wrench or wring off, etc. Also figurative.
ΘΠ
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > by twisting, wrenching, or turning
wringc1330
writhea1393
wrya1586
wrench1697
twist1785
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 62 A demagogue..with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down [from the summit of ambition].
1804 C. B. Brown tr. C. F. de Volney View Soil & Climate U.S.A. 140 They [whirlwinds] twist off and lay level the largest trees.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. v. 102 Untwining his gold chain from his neck, Balafré twisted off, with his firm and strong-set teeth, about four inches from the one end of it.
1838 G. P. R. James Robber I. vi. 118 These foxes have almost twisted my thumbs off.
1890 A. C. Gunter Miss Nobody xiii A summons or writ or some other cursed legal thumb-screw to twist the dollars out of my pocket!
12.
a. To form into a spiral; to bend, curve, or coil spirally; to screw up.
ΘΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > twist spirally
writheOE
wethe1398
wind1398
withe1398
turna1450
cralla1475
twirk1599
twirla1625
twire1628
twist1714
wisp1753
twistle1788
twizzle1788
screw1834
twistify1835
1714 A. Pope Let. 18 June (1960) 59 Either double it into a pyramidical, or twist it into a serpentine form.
1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xi. 33 By all that is hirsute and gashly! I cry, taking off my furr'd cap, and twisting it round my finger.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 170 A cow chased by a whole nest of hornets, and her tail twisted over her rump like a cork-screw.
a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 326 Twisting up his songs Into the sweetest candlepapers.
1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 207 Some twist the iron before hammering to prevent it from becoming ‘spilly’.
1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 195 I found that the inside was entirely composed of iron, over which the covering of Damascus had been twisted.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. ii. iii. 512 Flowers usually symmetrical... Petals twisted in æstivation.
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 838 When the tendrils have fixed themselves by their extremities, they draw the stem towards the support by twisting themselves spirally.
1906 M. Bowen Viper of Milan x He turned back into the corridor, twisting the ends of his scarlet robe between his fingers.
b. to twist (a person) round one's finger, to have completely under one's influence; so to turn, twist, and wind (one): cf. turn v. Phrases 3.
ΘΠ
society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > have complete control over
windc1374
to bring (a person) above the thumb1469
to have to mastery1480
to have at one's beck1530
to turn and wind1557
to bring any one to, or have him at, one's bent1575
to turn over the thumb1603
to lead in a stringc1616
to hold at school1647
to wind (a person, etc.) round one's (little) finger1698
to twirl (a person) round one's finger1748
to twist (a person) round one's finger1780
to play with ——1827
to have (one) on toast1886
to have (got) by the balls1918
to have the wood onc1926
1780 Mirror No. 95. ⁋7 At the first glance I saw into him, and could now twist him round my finger.
1787 F. Burney Court Jrnls. & Lett. (2011) II. 244 You turn, twist, & wind me, just as you like.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge vi. 267 Women may twist me round their fingers at their pleasure.
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxix The man has twisted the whole council round his finger.
c. intransitive for reflexive or passive.
Π
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 224 The rod is carefully watched while twisting, and should one part commence to twist more rapidly than another [etc.].
a1886 in C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xl. 337 Seams are crooked and wrinkle, sleeves twist, the chest is tight,..&c. &c. The arrival of a new dress brings with it agonies.
d. transitive. To cheat, to defraud. slang.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle
defraud1362
deceivec1380
plucka1500
lurch1530
defeata1538
souse1545
lick1548
wipe1549
fraud1563
use1564
cozen1573
nick1576
verse1591
rooka1595
trim1600
skelder1602
firk1604
dry-shave1620
fiddle1630
nose1637
foista1640
doa1642
sharka1650
chouse1654
burn1655
bilk1672
under-enter1692
sharp1699
stick1699
finger1709
roguea1714
fling1749
swindle1773
jink1777
queer1778
to do over1781
jump1789
mace1790
chisel1808
slang1812
bucket1819
to clean out1819
give it1819
to put in the hole1819
ramp1819
sting1819
victimize1839
financier1840
gum1840
snakea1861
to take down1865
verneuk1871
bunco1875
rush1875
gyp1879
salt1882
daddle1883
work1884
to have (one) on toast1886
slip1890
to do (a person) in the eye1891
sugar1892
flay1893
to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895
con1896
pad1897
screw1900
short-change1903
to do in1906
window dress1913
ream1914
twist1914
clean1915
rim1918
tweedle1925
hype1926
clip1927
take1927
gazump1928
yentz1930
promote1931
to take (someone) to the cleaners1932
to carve up1933
chizz1948
stiff1950
scam1963
to rip off1969
to stitch up1970
skunk1971
to steal (someone) blind1974
diddle-
1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 95 They had to learn awareness in the school of cold, hard facts, having been..‘twisted’..times innumerable.
1956 People 13 May 2/3 Don't imagine that all the boys in the trade are out to twist you.
1967 P. Ryan How I became Yorkshireman xv. 95 He were..content to be twisted daft wi'out mekking a mouse-squeak after value for his brass.
e. transitive and intransitive. Insurance. To induce someone to change a policy from one company to another. Cf. twisting n. 5.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > insure [verb (intransitive)] > other insuring operations
to sue, labour, and travel1589
twist1906
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > insure [verb (transitive)] > insurance policy operations
underwrite1622
adjust1720
load1867
sub-underwrite1895
claim1897
twist1906
insure1911
write1931
1906 N.Y. Evening Post 20 Jan. (Financial section) 7/1 By ‘twisting’ is meant the persuading of policyholders in one company to transfer their insurance to another.
1924 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Add. Twist, v.t. Life Insurance. To induce (a person) to drop a policy already in force in a company other than that of the twisting agent for one in the agent's company.—twister, n.
1936 Sun (Baltimore) 29 July 16/2 He expressed the hope that any agent found ‘twisting’ or attempting to discourage policyholders in the Pacific Mutual not to retain their insurance would be reported to the Insurance Division.
13. intransitive and transitive. To eat heartily; also to twist (food) down. slang.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat heartily
twist1694
nyam1790
to wire into1894
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. v. 17 Twist like Plough-jobbers, and Swill like Tinkers.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxvii. 132 They us'd to twist store of Holy-bread, Cakes, Buns, Puffs, Lenten-Loaves, Jumbals and Biscuits.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Twist, to Eat. To Twist lustily, to Feed like a Farmer.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Twist To twist it down apace, to eat heartily.
1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. vii. 208 She will twist down a half pound of beef with her ‘potatoe’, and has twisted down half a pound of buttered toast in the morning.
IV. To rotate, etc.
14.
a. transitive. To cause to rotate as on an axis; to turn (anything) round so as to alter its position or aspect. to twist one's fingers, to turn one's fingers about nervously.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (transitive)]
turnOE
trillc1386
gyrec1420
rote?1533
tirl1543
to turn round1555
revolve1559
circumvert1578
circumgyre1635
circumrote1635
circumgyrate1647
circumvolve1647
veera1649
twist1769
rotate1777
sphere1820
1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 604 He must pull [the head] with considerable force, gently twisting it at the same time, if the face be turned to one side, till he perceives that the joint is replaced.
1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. vii. vi. 80 She twisted it..hastily round, to hide the hand-writing of the direction.
1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. vii. 177 I will twist your head round till your eyes look at the drummer's handwriting on your back.
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 264 Blocks of stone,..lowered, tipped, twisted, undermined, and generally capsized by the rains and frosts of centuries.
1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate vi Speak then, you stupid child, and don't stop short to twist your fingers.
b. Cricket. In bowling, to give a lateral spin to (the ball), so that it ‘breaks’ or turns aside on rebounding.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (transitive)] > bowl in specific manner
twist1816
overthrow1833
to bowl over the wicket1851
overpitch1851
bump1869
york1882
to break a ball1884
flog1884
to bowl round (or formerly outside) the wicket1887
turn1898
flick1902
curl1904
spin1904
volley1909
flight1912
to give (a ball) air1920
tweak1935
move1938
overspin1940
swing1948
bounce1960
cut1960
seam1963
dolly1985
1816 W. Lambert Instr. & Rules Cricket 20 The Ball may be twisted by the usual mode of under-armed Bowling.
1833 J. Nyren Young Cricketer's Tutor 118 If either of your bowlers twist his balls, favour such twist as much as possible.
c. intransitive. To dance the twist (twist n.1 13c).
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > shaking or jiving dances > [verb (intransitive)]
shimmy1919
jitterbug1939
jive1939
shag1939
twist1961
1961 Guardian 30 Dec. 5/3 It is a week with only one new film, a small loud monstrosity called ‘Hey, Let's Twist’.
1968 J. Updike Couples ii. 166 Frank was grotesquely Twisting..opposite Carol Constantine.
15.
a. intransitive. To rotate, revolve; also, to turn so as to face another way.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)]
wharvec888
turnOE
runOE
to turn aboutOE
to turn roundc1450
to go roundc1460
revolute1553
gyre1598
veer1605
to come about1607
circumvolve1626
circumgyre1634
to turn around1642
roll1646
revolve1660
circulate1672
twist1680
circumgyrate1683
rotate1757
gyrate1830
1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. x. 177 A strong Iron Screw..with a square Shank near the Head, that..it may not twist about.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xcix. 152 When the lesser wain Is twisting round the polar star. View more context for this quotation
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. viii. 388 The ball comes skimming and twisting along about three feet from the ground.
1907 J. H. Patterson Man-eaters of Tsavo xviii. 199 As we moved, the lion also twisted round and so always kept his head full on us.
b. Cards. In pontoon (blackjack): to receive a card dealt face upwards; also, to deal a card in this manner. Occasionally transitive and as imperative. Also figurative. Cf. stick v.1 16d.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [verb (intransitive)] > actions in specific games > in vingt-et-un
sticka1672
stand1870
bust1900
twist1921
1921 P. Alston Card Games 121 If it is not desired to buy, the usual expression is to say ‘Twist’.
1921 P. Alston Card Games 122 Having bought a player can then twist; but once having twisted, a card cannot be bought.
1939 H. Phillips & B. C. Westall Compl. Bk. Card Games 194 The player can either buy cards or can have them ‘twisted’..; a card twisted is turned face upwards.
1939 H. Phillips & B. C. Westall Compl. Bk. Card Games 194 B has a 9 and a 5; he says ‘twist me one’.
1963 G. F. Hervey Handbk. Card Games 285 He can twist: that is to say he elects to receive a card face upwards.
1972 Guardian 12 Oct. 1/3 Every pontoon player will understand the dilemma of the Tory chiefs. They are undecided whether to stick or twist on a relatively modest hand of cards.
1976 J. Archer Not Penny More xii. 136 The young man on Harvey's left also drew a ten and asked the dealer to twist again.
16. intransitive. To turn aside and proceed in a new direction; spec. of a ball (at cricket, etc.): to turn aside or ‘break’ on rebounding; also, to proceed with frequent turns (often associated with turn); to follow a circuitous route; to wind, meander.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)]
charec1000
stintc1330
turnc1330
to turn awaya1382
windc1385
casta1475
rebatea1500
strike1576
to cast about1591
veer1769
to come around1797
twist?1801
vert1859
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (intransitive)] > motion of ball
to make haste?a1475
twist?1801
cut1816
shoot1816
curl1833
hang1838
work1838
break1847
spin1851
turn1851
bump1856
bite1867
pop1871
swerve1894
to kick up1895
nip1899
swing1900
google1907
move1938
seam1960
to play (hit, etc.) across the line1961
the world > space > direction > point or lie in a direction [verb (intransitive)] > change direction > turn or bend > bend or wind
twine1553
crankle1598
crinklea1600
creek1610
straggle1612
wind1613
serpentize1699
wander1747
serpentine1767
meander1785
zigzag1787
serpentinize1791
twister1872
snake1875
twist1879
?1801 T. Boxall Rules & Instr. Cricket 18 When the ball goes out of a bowler's hand he must endeavour to make it twist a little.
1833 J. Nyren Young Cricketer's Tutor 45 If the ball be struck to his right hand, he will surely find it twist to his left.
1844 Lillywhite's Illustr. Hand-bk. Cricket 17 Try every manœuvre to make the ball twist and shoot after it touches the ground.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House iv. 25 We just twist up Chancery-lane.
1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vii. 257 He turned, dodged, and twisted from side to side, with amazing quickness.
1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine xiii. 289 The valley or ravine twisted this way and that.
1895 Rev. of Reviews Aug. 168 The stream twists down through the valley.
1906 M. Bowen Viper of Milan x The steps were few in number, before they twisted abruptly out of sight.
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