twisting
noun
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L329758 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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L341402 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪstɪŋ/
adj
- Having many twists
“The mountain road is even more twisting than the valley road.”
noun
- gerund of twist
“She was oblivious of all around her, and her facial twistings and scrunchings were droll.”
“Tracing Emerson’s famous twistings and turnings, Mr. Poirier argued that even when he seemed most complacent […] Emerson cannot be taken at face value.”
- The disreputable practice of selling unnecessary insurance to a customer in order to earn commission.
“Twisting benefits an insurance agent while damaging the customer. The agent benefits because the commission earned on the sale of a new health insurance policy is substantially higher than that earned on the renewal of an existing policy.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of twist