扭彎 /扭弯 noun (the act of contorting)
扭曲 noun (the act of contorting)
扭歪 noun (the act of contorting)
柔身術 /柔身术 noun (a form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body)

Dutch

4 entries

bochtenwerk noun (the act of contorting)
kronkeling noun (the act of contorting)
verrekking noun (the act of contorting)
verwringing noun (the act of contorting)

French

1 entries

contorsion noun (a form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body)

German

1 entries

Kontorsion noun (a form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body)

Irish

1 entries

freangadh noun (the act of contorting)

Manx

1 entries

anchummey noun (the act of contorting)

Polish

2 entries

kontorsja noun (a form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body)
wykręcenie noun (the act of contorting)

Portuguese

2 entries

contorcionismo noun (a form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body)
contorção noun (the act of contorting)

Russian

3 entries

искаже́ние noun (the act of contorting)
искривле́ние noun (the act of contorting)
конто́рсия noun (a form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body)

Spanish

2 entries

contorsión noun (the act of contorting)
contorsión noun (a form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body)

Ukrainian

3 entries

викривлення noun (the act of contorting)
перекручення noun (the act of contorting)
спотворення noun (the act of contorting)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There was one thing in the case which had made the deepest impression both upon the servants and the police. This was the contortion of the Colonel's face. It had set, according to their account, into the most dreadful expression of fear and horror which a human countenance is capable of assuming. More than one person fainted at the mere sight of him, so terrible was the effect.

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He does contortion.

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He does contortion in the backyard.

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