give something a twist

  • 1twist — [twist] vt. [ME twisten < OE twist, a rope (in mæst twist, rope to stay a mast), akin to TWAIN, TWINE, ON tvistra, to separate, Ger zwist, a quarrel < IE * duis , apart < base * dwōu , TWO] 1. a) to wind (two or more threads or strands)… …

    English World dictionary

  • 2Twist and Shout — «Twist and Shout» Сингл The Isley Brothers Сторона «А» Twist and Shout Сторона «Б» Spanish Twist Выпущен 16 июня 1962 Формат 7 Записан 1 …

    Википедия

  • 3Something — Single par The Beatles extrait de l’album Abbey Road Face A Something Face B Come Together Sortie …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 4twist — 1 verb 1 BEND (T) to bend and turn something several times, especially in order to make something or to tie it to something: twist sth into/around etc: She twisted the wire into the shape of a star. 2 MOVE (I) to turn a part of your body around… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5twist — Synonyms and related words: a thing for, aberrancy, aberration, action, adulterate, affinity, afflict, agonize, ail, alloy, alter, alteration, anagnorisis, analysis, anamorphism, anamorphosis, angle, angle off, animus, approach, aptitude, aptness …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 6Oliver Twist — For other uses, see Oliver Twist (disambiguation). Oliver Twist …

    Wikipedia

  • 7And Now for Something Completely Different — DVD cover Directed by Ian MacNaughton Produced by …

    Wikipedia

  • 8wring (something) out of (someone) — to persuade someone to give you what you want. She is a very original comedian and can wring laughs out of any audience. The trick in fundraising is to wring money out of people who don t want to give it away. Etymology: based on the literal… …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 9French Twist — Infobox film director=Josiane Balasko writer=Josiane Balasko Patrick Aubrée Telsche Boorman (story) released =8 February 1995 runtime=104 min country=France language=French imdb id=0113149 French Twist , also known as Gazon maudit, is a 1995… …

    Wikipedia

  • 10turn — turn1 W1S1 [tə:n US tə:rn] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(your body)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(direction)¦ 4¦(move around central point)¦ 5¦(change)¦ 6¦(attention/thoughts)¦ 7 turn your back (on somebody/something) 8¦(age/time)¦ 9 turn something inside out …

    Dictionary of contemporary English