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Twist
Summary
Look up
twist
or
twisting
in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Twist
may refer to:
In arts and entertainment
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Film, television, and stage
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Twist
(2003 film)
, a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens's novel
Oliver Twist
Twist
(2021 film)
, a 2021 modern rendition of
Oliver Twist
starring Rafferty Law
The Twist
(1976 film)
, a 1976 film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol
The Twist
(1992 film)
, a 1992 documentary film directed by Ron Mann
Twist
(stage play)
, a 1995 stage thriller by Miles Tredinnick
Twist, the main character on television series
The Fresh Beat Band
and its spin-off
Fresh Beat Band of Spies
Oliver Twist (disambiguation)
, name of several film, television, and musical adaptations based on Charles Dickens's novel
Oliver Twist
"Twist" (
Only Murders in the Building
)
, a 2021 episode of the TV series
Only Murders in the Building
Jack Twist
, a character in the 2005 film
Brokeback Mountain
Twist Morgan, a character in the television series
Spaced
Music
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Twist
(album)
, a 1994 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn
The Twist
(album)
, a 1984 album by Danish indiepop band Gangway
"The Twist" (song)
, a song by Hank Ballard, covered by Chubby Checker, a hit in 1960
"The Twist", a song from the album
Grow Up and Blow Away
by Metric
"The Twist", a song from the album
Coming Back Hard Again
by hip hop band
The Fat Boys
"Twist" (Phish song)
, from the 2000 album
Farmhouse
by Phish
"Twist" (Goldfrapp song)
, a single from the 2003 album
Black Cherry
by Goldfrapp
Twist
, an album by
Chris & Cosey
"Twist", a song from the album
Unfinished Business
by Nathan Sykes
"Twist" a song from the album
A Hundred Days Off
by Underworld
"Twist", the opener of the 1996 Korn album,
Life Is Peachy
"Twisting", a song from the album
Flood
by They Might Be Giants
Twist (band)
, a rock band from Birmingham, England, UK
Other media
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Twist ending
, an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction
Twist
(magazine)
, an American teen magazine
Twist
(Cano novel)
, a novel by Harkaitz Cano
Twist
(Östergren novel)
, a novel by Klas Östergren
Twist (TV network)
, an American television network
Oliver Twist
, a novel by Charles Dickens, and its main character
Finance
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Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team
(TWIST), a non-profit financial industry standards group
Operation Twist
, an effort (in 1961, and again in 2011) by the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower long-term interest rates
Mathematics, science, and technology
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Twist (mechanics)
, the torsion of an object
Twist (mathematics)
, a geometric quantity associated with a ribbon
Twists of curves
, a method of deriving related curves
Twist (screw theory)
, in applied mathematics and physics
Twist (software)
, a test automation solution by ThoughtWorks Studios
Ellipse Twist
, a French hang glider
Twist fungus
(
Dilophospora alopecuri
)
Twisting properties
, in statistics
Twist transcription factor
, a gene protein
People
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Barry McGee
(born 1966), also known as Twist, painter and graffiti artist
Tony Twist
(born 1968), Canadian hockey player
Leroy "Twist" Casey
(born 1973), disk jockey
Liz Twist
(born 1956), British Member of Parliament
Places
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Twist, Arkansas
, a city in the United States
Twist, Germany
, a municipality in Lower Saxony
Sport
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Aerial twist
, an acrobatic maneuver in gymnastics
Twist lifts
, a type of lift in pairs figure skating
Other uses
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Twist (cocktail garnish)
, a decorative piece of citrus zest
Twist (confectionery)
, a Norwegian bag of sweets, now produced in Sweden
Twist (dance)
, a rock and roll dance
Twist (poker)
, a special round in some variants of stud poker
Twist (ride)
, a popular amusement ride, often seen on travelling funfairs
French twist (hairstyle)
, a hair styling technique
Twist tobacco
, a type of chewing tobacco
Sail twist
, a phenomenon in sailing
Wing twist
, a design choice in aeronautics
See also
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Twisted (disambiguation)
Twister (disambiguation)
Torque