crotch vs twist

crotch

verb
  • To hang (a rope) over a crotch in a tree so that the ends hang down from opposite sides. 

  • To shoplift or smuggle by hiding between one's thighs or in one's underwear. 

  • To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs that will haul it. 

  • To hit in the crotch (genital region). 

  • To remove overgrown wool from around the eyes of. 

  • To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to. 

  • To secure (the boom) to the boom crotch (a forked pole). 

noun
  • Either the male or female genitalia. 

  • The open counter (negative space) formed by two downward strokes that meet at an internal acute angle, potentially above a vertex, as in the letters "V" and "Y". 

  • The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place. 

  • The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus. 

  • In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table. 

twist

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

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

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

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

  • To turn a knob etc. 

  • To join together by twining one part around another. 

  • To wind into; to insinuate. 

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

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

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

  • To cause to rotate. 

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

  • To coax. 

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

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

  • A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage. 

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

  • A twisting force. 

  • The form given in twisting. 

  • An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc. 

  • A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape. 

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

  • A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details. 

  • A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination. 

  • The degree of stress or strain when twisted. 

  • Anything twisted, or the act of twisting. 

  • A small roll of tobacco. 

  • A sprain, especially to the ankle. 

  • A girl, a woman. 

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

  • A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together. 

  • A rotation of the body when diving. 

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