twist
US /twɪst/
・UK /twɪst/
A2
verb
- To turn something in a circular direction
- To turn in a curving direction e.g. road or path
- To bend something into a particular shape
- To change the meaning in an unintended way
- To turn in opposite directions at the same time
- To wind something around something else
- To turn direction or position, as of your body
noun
- Turn or spiral curve in a path or road
- Bend or sudden change of direction
- An unexpected change in the direction of a story
- a change in the way in which something happens
Examples
Give the cap another twist?it's not on properly.
In a bizarre twist to the evening the police came at eleven and arrested our host.