twist

  • 61twist — (Voz inglesa.) ► sustantivo masculino DANZA Baile de origen estadounidense que se caracteriza por un rítmico balanceo y que se impuso a principios de los años sesenta. * * * twist (palabra inglesa que significa «torsión»; pronunc. [tuist]) m.… …

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  • 62twist — Synonyms and related words: a thing for, aberrancy, aberration, action, adulterate, affinity, afflict, agonize, ail, alloy, alter, alteration, anagnorisis, analysis, anamorphism, anamorphosis, angle, angle off, animus, approach, aptitude, aptness …

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  • 63Twist — 1. Niederdeutscher Übername zu mittelniederdeutsch twist »Zwist« für einen streitlustigen Menschen. 2. Herkunftsname zu dem gleich lautenden Ortsnamen (Niedersachsen) …

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  • 64Twist — Original name in latin Twist Name in other language State code DE Continent/City Europe/Berlin longitude 52.63333 latitude 7.05 altitude 15 Population 0 Date 2011 07 31 …

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  • 65twist — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. wind, wreathe, twine, interlace; coil; wrench, contort; wring, screw; pervert; misinterpret, misapply; distort, warp. See convolution, deviation, distortion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. wring, wrap, twine …

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  • 66twist — [OE] Twist appears to come ultimately from prehistoric Germanic base *twi ‘double’, which also underlies English twice, twig, twin, etc. In Old English it is found only in compound words, denoting such things as ‘rope’ (presumably originally made …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 67twist n — How many mystery writers does it take to change a light bulb? One, but he needs to give it a good twist. olive n …

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  • 68twist — I. v. a. 1. Twine, twist together. 2. Writhe, contort, complicate, convolve, crook spirally. 3. Wind, wreathe, encircle. 4. Form, weave, make up. 5. [Used reflexively.] Wind in, insinuate. II. n. Convolutio …

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  • 69twist — v 1. twine, entwine, weave, lace, knit, splice; plait, pleach, braid; intertwine, interwind, interweave, interlace. 2. circle, encircle, surround, wrap, enwrap, wreathe. 3. sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, throw out of joint. 4. contort, distort,… …

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  • 70twist — 1. verb 1) the impact twisted the chassis Syn: crumple, crush, buckle, mangle, warp, deform, distort, contort 2) he twisted round in his seat Syn: turn, swivel, spin …

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