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Twisting

//ˈtwɪstɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having many twists

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by repeated turns and bends wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    gerund of twist countable, form-of, gerund

    "She was oblivious of all around her, and her facial twistings and scrunchings were droll."

  2. 2
    the act of rotating rapidly wordnet
  3. 3
    The disreputable practice of selling unnecessary insurance to a customer in order to earn commission. uncountable

    "Twisting benefits an insurance agent while damaging the customer. The agent benefits because the commission earned on the sale of a new health insurance policy is substantially higher than that earned on the renewal of an existing policy."

  4. 4
    the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of twist form-of, gerund, participle, present

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