rip vs twist

rip

verb
  • To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing. 

  • To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into) 

  • To steal; to rip off. 

  • To fart. 

  • To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence. 

  • To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts. 

  • To surf extremely well. 

  • To take a "hit" of marijuana. 

  • To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc. 

  • To move or act fast; to rush headlong. 

  • To move quickly and destructively. 

  • To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. 

noun
  • A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played. 

  • A type of strong, rough tide or current. 

  • Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc. 

  • A handful of unthreshed grain. 

  • A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action. 

  • A tear (in paper, etc.). 

  • A black mark given for substandard schoolwork. 

  • A hit (dose) of marijuana. 

  • Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism. 

  • A wicker basket for fish. 

  • A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves. 

  • Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off. 

  • A joyride. 

twist

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

  • 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 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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