twisting
adj 1: having a twisting or snake-like or worm-like motion;
"squirming boys"; "wiggly worms"; "writhing snakes"
[syn: {squirming}, {wiggling}, {wiggly}, {wriggling},
{wriggly}, {writhing}]
2: marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the
mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to
steer the car down a twisty track" [syn: {tortuous}, {twisty},
{winding}]
n 1: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean
something it was not intended to mean [syn: {distortion},
{overrefinement}, {straining}, {torture}]
2: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it
broke off after much twisting" [syn: {spin}, {twirl}, {twist},
{whirl}]