twist

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The reason for the twist is the same reason Cat 5 cable is twisted.

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  1. transitive verb To wind together (two or more threads, for example) so as to produce a single strand.
  2. transitive verb To form in this manner: twist a length of rope from strands of hemp.
  3. transitive verb To wind or coil (vines or rope, for example) about something.
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  • One further twist was added to the Agrippa project on December 9 when the text of Gibson's story was broadcast via modem to viewing sites across the country and in Japan and Germany. —  Omni: January 1993
  • I like how Haldeman takes an explore-the-alien-artifact story and gives it a twist, and yes, some of that twist is gender-related enough to draw the attention and approval of the Tiptree jury. —  ChallengingDestiny#23
  • PowerUp Forever for some time - now IGN have gotten a gander at it, and find just what this top-down shooter with a twist is all about. —  GameSetWatch
  • The reason for the twist is the same reason Cat 5 cable is twisted. —  eHam.net News
  • Just hours before closing on this property last week, another twist was added to the reasons why this may not be the right deal or the right time to purchase the property.
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twist:   twists ·  twisting ·  twisted
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English twisten, to squeeze, be divided, from twist, a divided object, fork, rope, from Old English -twist; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English twist, from Anglo-Saxon twist (in comp. mæst-twist), a rope, = Middle Dutch twist, a forked branch, = Icelandic tvistr, the two or deuce in cards; also in another sense, = Dutch twist = Low German twist = Middle High German G. zwist = Swedish Danish tvist, discord, strife, odds, = Icelandic tvist, in the phrase ā tvist og bast, scattered to the four winds; with formative -st, from Anglo-Saxon twi-, etc., two: see twi-. Cf. twine, twin.
  2. from Middle English twisten, twysten = Middle Dutch twisten, twist; cf. Middle Dutch, Dutch twisten = Middle Low German Low German twisten = Swedish trista = Danish tviste, strive, quarrel, = Icelandic tvistra, divide, scatter; see twist, n.
 

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