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  • Social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s

  • Any clever maneuver

  • The act of rotating rapidly

  • Turning or twisting around (in place)

  • The act of winding or twisting

  • A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

  • An interpretation of a text or action

  • An unforeseen development

  • A miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

  • A jerky pulling movement

  • A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

  • A circular segment of a curve

  • A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

  • Twist suddenly so as to sprain

  • Form into twists

  • Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

  • Turn in the opposite direction

  • Form into a spiral shape

  • Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

  • Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates

  • To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

  • Do the twist

  • Extend in curves and turns

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