Phrase Hound found 44 phrases and 45 compound words that contain twist. The most common are listed below. Open twist in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 44
- twist of fateAn unfortunate, often ironic turn of events.
- twist and turnTo move one way then the other, or in unpredictable erratic gyrations.
- twist the knifeTo deliberately do or say something to worsen a difficult situation or increase a person's distress, irritation, or anger.
- plot twistA change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work.
- twist drillA rotating cutting tool, used for cutting holes in rigid materials, that consists of an essentially conical point, relieved and fluted to form cutting lips, and spiral flutes which direct the chips away from the lips and toward ejection …
- twist tieA metal wire that is encased in a thin strip of paper or plastic and is used to tie the openings of bags, such as garbage bags or bread bags.
- round the twistMad.
- twist of the knifeAn action that worsens a difficult situation or increases a person's distress, irritation, or anger.
- Russian twistAn exercise that works the abdominal muscles by performing a twisting motion on the abdomen.
- French twistAn updo hairstyle in which the hair is twisted behind the head before being pinned over the top of the head.
- get one's knickers in a twistTo become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter.
- Mason twistAn exercise similar to the Russian twist, but with the legs straight and the feet held off the ground.
- Oliver TwistDrunk, pissed.
- twist tiesplural of twist tie: A metal wire that is encased in a thin strip of paper or plastic and is used to tie the openings of bags, such as garbage bags or bread bags.
- twist-boatAn arrangement of atoms in a cyclohexane ring molecule similar to and more stable than the boat arrangement, differing from it by being twisted at one end.
- twist in the windTo be unassisted and without comfort in a situation likely to result in distress or failure.
- twist spliceSynonym of rat-tail splice: A simple method of joining two ends of metal wire by twisting them together.
- twist someone's armUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: To apply torsion along the length of the arm of (a person).
- arm-twistTo use personal pressure to persuade.
- hanky-twistTo fret; to worry ineffectually.
- flat twistSynonym of hair twist: A portion of twisted strands of hair forming part of an Afro-textured hairstyle somewhat resembling short dreadlocks.
- gain twistSynonym of gaining twist: In rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle.
- hair twistA portion of twisted strands of hair forming part of an Afro-textured hairstyle somewhat resembling short dreadlocks.
- pre-twistTo twist in advance.
- twist upTo roll up a joint or other cigarette.
Compound words 45
- twisterOne who twists.
- twistorAny of the complex-valued coordinates in twistor theory, which maps the geometric objects of conventional 3+1 space-time into geometric objects in a four-dimensional space, twistor space, with metric signature (2,2), a proposed path to a …
- entwistTo twist or wreathe around; entwine.
- mistwistTo twist incorrectly or by mistake.
- twistorianA mathematician who specializes in twistor theory.
- multitwistMultiple twists that occur together.
- twistieSynonym of latticino: A glassblown article made from coloured glass canes.
- TwistianOf or relating to Oliver Twist (from the 1838 novel by Charles Dickens), a mistreated orphan who scandalizes the workhouse by daring to ask for more food.
- supertwistA supercoil of DNA.
- atwistTwisted; distorted; awry