TWISTING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of rotating rapidly
   Synonym(s)
   • spin (what does spin mean?)
   • twirl (what does twirl mean?)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he gave the crank a spin
   • it broke off after much twisting
   Hypernyms(s) twisting is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rotation (what does rotation mean?)
   • rotary motion (what does rotary motion mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • pirouette (what does pirouette mean?)
   • birling (what does birling mean?)
   • logrolling (what does logrolling mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • spin (what does spin mean?)
   • spin around (what does spin around mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   • reel (what does reel mean?)
   • gyrate (what does gyrate mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   • birl (what does birl mean?)
   • spin (what does spin mean?)
   • twirl (what does twirl mean?)
   • wrench (what does wrench mean?)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   • birl (what does birl mean?)
   • spin (what does spin mean?)
   • twirl (what does twirl mean?)
   • twirl (what does twirl mean?)
   • swirl (what does swirl mean?)
   • twiddle (what does twiddle mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   • birl (what does birl mean?)
   • spin (what does spin mean?)
   • twirl (what does twirl mean?)
   • spin (what does spin mean?)
   • spin around (what does spin around mean?)
   • whirl (what does whirl mean?)
   • reel (what does reel mean?)
   • gyrate (what does gyrate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
   Synonym(s)
   • distortion (what does distortion mean?)
   • overrefinement (what does overrefinement mean?)
   • straining (what does straining mean?)
   • torture (what does torture mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) twisting is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • falsification (what does falsification mean?)
   • misrepresentaation (what does misrepresentaation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • twist (what does twist mean?)
   • twist around (what does twist around mean?)
   • pervert (what does pervert mean?)
   • convolute (what does convolute mean?)
   • sophisticate (what does sophisticate mean?)
   • overrefine (what does overrefine mean?)
   • over-refine (what does over-refine mean?)
   • falsify (what does falsify mean?)
   • distort (what does distort mean?)
   • garble (what does garble mean?)
   • warp (what does warp mean?)

TWISTING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • having a twisting or snake-like or worm-like motion
   Synonym(s)
   • squirming (what does squirming mean?)
   • wiggling (what does wiggling mean?)
   • wiggly (what does wiggly mean?)
   • wriggling (what does wriggling mean?)
   • wriggly (what does wriggly mean?)
   • writhing (what does writhing mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • squirming boys
   • wiggly worms
   • writhing snakes
   Similar To
   • moving (what does moving mean?)
2. Meaning
   • marked by repeated turns and bends
   Synonym(s)
   • tortuous (what does tortuous mean?)
   • twisty (what does twisty mean?)
   • winding (what does winding mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a tortuous road up the mountain
   • winding roads are full of surprises
   • had to steer the car down a twisty track
   Similar To
   • crooked (what does crooked mean?)