Synonyms:
tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous
Meaning: 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"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
Meaning: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Usage examples
She darts hither and thither, turning and twisting.
He came down with a twisting jump, and stood facing me.
The twisting of the pathway could be distinguished vaguely in the relief of the cliff.
Charles, very quiet and twisting his long moustaches, would decline to discuss them at all.
There was a fearful crush of fish in the channel, and much elbowing with fins and twisting of tails.
At full speed she runs her long body into the network and sticks fast, rapidly twisting her tail-screw both ahead and astern.
"It was like two serpents twisting around a stick, and was carved so naturally that I, at first, thought the serpents were alive."
Turning and twisting in mid-air it fell with ever-increasing velocity and the Englishman held his breath as the thing hurtled toward them.
'Well, I'll just get in and show you,' said the spirit, and after turning and twisting, and curling himself up, then he lay neatly packed into the hole.
Twisting and turning, always keeping in the shadows, he made good progress, descended the bluff, and at last stood behind the ruins of an old warehouse near the stream.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Bobsleigh, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Beatles, License CC BY-SA 4.0