'Twisting' definitions:

Definition of 'twisting'

From: WordNet
adjective
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, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous]
noun
The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean [syn: distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting]
noun
The act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl]

Definition of 'Twisting'

From: GCIDE
  • Twist \Twist\ (tw[i^]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Twisting.] [OE. twisten, AS. twist a rope, as made of two (twisted) strands, fr. twi- two; akin to D. twist a quarrel, dissension, G. zwist, Dan. & Sw. tvist, Icel. tvistr the deuce in cards, tvistr distressed. See Twice, Two.]
  • 1. To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve. [1913 Webster]
  • Twist it into a serpentine form. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts. "Longing to twist bays with that ivy." --Waller. [1913 Webster]
  • There are pillars of smoke twisted about with wreaths of flame. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up. [1913 Webster]
  • Was it not to this end That thou began'st to twist so fine a story? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Twisting'

From: GCIDE
  • Twisting \Twist"ing\, a. & n. from Twist. [1913 Webster]
  • Twisting pair. (Kinematics) See under Pair, n., 7. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'twisting'

From: Moby Thesaurus