twisting

1. A twisting force.
2. Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
3. The form given in twisting.
4. The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
5. A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
6. A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
7. A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
8. A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
9. An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
10. (preceded by definite article) A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.
11. A rotation of the body when diving.
12. A sprain, especially to the ankle.
13. A twig.
14. A girl, a woman.
15. A roll of twisted dough, baked.
16. A small roll of tobacco.
17. A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.

    Damascus twist

18. The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
19. A beverage made of brandy and gin.
20. A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.

    a twist toward fanaticism

21. An appetite for food.

1. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
2. To join together by twining one part around another.
3. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
4. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
5. To wind into; to insinuate.

   Avarice twists itself into all human concerns.

6. To turn a knob etc.
7. To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
8. To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
9. To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
10. (of a path) To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
11. To cause to rotate.
12. To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
13. To coax.
14. In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.

noun

The disreputable practice of selling unnecessary insurance to a customer in order to earn commission.

1. Having many twists

   The mountain road is even more twisting than the valley road.