• Twisting

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    twisting
    1. Present participle of twist

    Full definition of twisting

    Noun

    twisting

    (plural twistings)
    1. Form of gerund
      • 2009, August 23, Alexander Star, Richard Poirier: A Man of Good Reading, Tracing Emerson’s famous twistings and turnings, Mr. Poirier argued that even when he seemed most complacent , for instance in his notorious observation, “Do not tell me, as a good man did today, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor?” ...
        Emerson cannot be taken at face value.
      • 1984, Theodore R. Sizer, Horace's Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High SchoolShe was oblivious of all around her, and her facial twistings and scrunchings were droll.

    Adjective

    adjective

    1. Having many twistsThe mountain road is even more twisting than the valley road.
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