Flex vs. Twist

Flexnoun

(uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.

Twistnoun

A twisting force.

Flexnoun

(countable) The act of flexing.

Twistnoun

Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.

Flexnoun

Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.

Twistnoun

The form given in twisting.

Flexnoun

A point of inflection.

Twistnoun

The degree of stress or strain when twisted.

Flexverb

To bend something.

Twistnoun

A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.

Flexverb

To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.

Twistnoun

A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.

Flexverb

To move part of the body using one's muscles.

Twistnoun

A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.

Flexverb

To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.

Twistnoun

A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.

Flexverb

To flaunt one's superiority.

Twistnoun

(authorship) An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.

Flexverb

To bend; as, to flex the arm.

Twistnoun

A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Wikipedia:Twist (dance)

Flexnoun

Flax.

Twistnoun

A rotation of the body when diving.

Flexnoun

the act of flexing;

‘he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies’;

Twistnoun

A sprain, especially to the ankle.

Flexverb

contract;

‘flex a muscle’;

Twistnoun

(obsolete) A twig.

Flexverb

exhibit the strength of;

‘The victorious army flexes its invincibility’;

Twistnoun

(slang) A girl, a woman.

Flexverb

form a curve;

‘The stick does not bend’;

Twistnoun

(obsolete) A roll of twisted dough, baked.

Flexverb

bend a joint;

‘flex your wrists’; ‘bend your knees’;

Twistnoun

A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.

‘Damascus twist’;

Flexverb

cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;

‘bend the rod’; ‘twist the dough into a braid’; ‘the strong man could turn an iron bar’;

Twistnoun

The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.

Flexverb

(with reference to a limb or joint) bend or become bent

‘she saw him flex his ankle and wince’; ‘it's important to prevent the damaged wrist from flexing’;

Twistnoun

A beverage made of brandy and gin.

Flexverb

cause (a muscle) to stand out by contracting or tensing it

‘a group of bodybuilders flexed their muscles’;

Twistnoun

A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.

‘a twist toward fanaticism’;

Flexverb

(of a muscle) contract or be tensed

‘a muscle flexed in his jaw’;

Twistverb

To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.

Flexverb

(of a material) be capable of warping or bending and then reverting to shape

‘set windows in rubber so they flex during an earthquake’;

Twistverb

To join together by twining one part around another.

Flexverb

relating to or denoting a practice of burying a corpse with the legs drawn up under the chin.

Twistverb

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

Flexnoun

a flexible insulated cable used for carrying electric current to an appliance.

Twistverb

To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.

Twistverb

(reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.

‘Avarice twists itself into all human concerns.’;

Twistverb

To turn a knob etc.

Twistverb

To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.

Twistverb

To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).

Twistverb

To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.

Twistverb

To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.

Twistverb

(transitive) To cause to rotate.

Twistverb

(intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).

Twistverb

(transitive) To coax.

Twistverb

(card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.

Twistverb

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

‘Twist it into a serpentine form.’;

Twistverb

Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.

Twistverb

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.

Twistverb

To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.

‘There are pillars of smoke twisted about with wreaths of flame.’;

Twistverb

To wind into; to insinuate; - used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.

Twistverb

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.

Twistverb

Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.

‘Was it not to this endThat thou began'st to twist so fine a story?’;

Twistverb

To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.

Twistverb

To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.

Twistverb

To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.

Twistnoun

The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.

‘Not the least turn or twist in the fibers of any one animal which does not render them more proper for that particular animal's way of life than any other cast or texture.’;

Twistnoun

The form given in twisting.

‘[He] shrunk at first sight of it; he found fault with the length, the thickness, and the twist.’;

Twistnoun

That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.

Twistnoun

A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.

Twistnoun

A twig.

Twistnoun

A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.

Twistnoun

Act of imparting a turning or twisting motion, as to a pitched ball; also, the motion thus imparted; as, the twist of a billiard ball.

Twistnoun

A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.

Twistnoun

A strong individual tendency, or bent; a marked inclination; a bias; - often implying a peculiar or unusual tendency; as, a twist toward fanaticism.

Twistnoun

A roll of twisted dough, baked.

Twistnoun

A little twisted roll of tobacco.

Twistnoun

One of the threads of a warp, - usually more tightly twisted than the filling.

Twistnoun

A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.

Twistnoun

The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.

Twistnoun

A beverage made of brandy and gin.

Twistnoun

an unforeseen development;

‘events suddenly took an awkward turn’;

Twistnoun

an interpretation of a text or action;

‘they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct’;

Twistnoun

any clever (deceptive) maneuver;

‘he would stoop to any device to win a point’;

Twistnoun

the act of rotating rapidly;

‘he gave the crank a spin’; ‘it broke off after much twisting’;

Twistnoun

a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments;

‘the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell’; ‘he was sidelined with a hamstring pull’;

Twistnoun

a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

Twistnoun

a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

Twistnoun

a jerky pulling movement

Twistnoun

a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

Twistnoun

social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s;

‘they liked to dance the twist’;

Twistnoun

the act of winding or twisting;

‘he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind’;

Twistnoun

turning or twisting around (in place);

‘with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room’;

Twistverb

to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);

‘The prisoner writhed in discomfort’; ‘The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace’;

Twistverb

cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;

‘bend the rod’; ‘twist the dough into a braid’; ‘the strong man could turn an iron bar’;

Twistverb

turn in the opposite direction;

‘twist a wire’;

Twistverb

form into a spiral shape;

‘The cord is all twisted’;

Twistverb

form into twists;

‘Twist the bacon around the sausage’;

Twistverb

do the twist

Twistverb

twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates;

‘wrench a window off its hinges’; ‘wrench oneself free from somebody's grip’; ‘a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest’;

Twistverb

practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

Twistverb

twist suddenly so as to sprain;

‘wrench one's ankle’; ‘The wrestler twisted his shoulder’; ‘the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell’; ‘I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days’;