angle vs twist

angle

noun
  • A change in direction. 

  • A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). 

  • A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. 

  • Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli. 

  • A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. 

  • A corner where two walls intersect. 

  • A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud. 

  • Any of various hesperiid butterflies. 

  • The focus of a news story. 

  • The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere. 

  • An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral 

  • A viewpoint; a way of looking at something. 

verb
  • To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint. 

  • To change direction rapidly. 

  • To try to catch fish with a hook and line. 

  • To place (something) at an angle. 

  • To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing. 

  • To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball. 

twist

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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). 

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