Twist
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Twist may refer to:
  • Twist (cocktail garnish)
    Twist (cocktail garnish)
    A twist is a piece of citrus zest used as a cocktail garnish, generally for decoration and to add flavor when added to a mixed drink.There are a variety of ways of making and using twists. Twists are typically cut from a whole fresh fruit with a small kitchen knife immediately prior to serving,...

    , a decorative piece of citrus zest
  • Twist (comic), a comic by John Cook
  • Twist in screw theory in applied mathematics and physics
  • Twist (magazine)
    Twist (magazine)
    Twist Magazine is a teenage magazine printed monthly. It is published by Bauer Publishing, the United States division of the German firm Bauer Verlagsgruppe. Like the majority of teenage magazines, it contains common features like teen gossip, quizzes, fashion, popular celebrity couples, posters...

    , an American teen magazine
  • Twist (poker)
    Twist (poker)
    Twist is poker jargon for a round with specific rules which is sometimes used in the poker variant stud poker.One can replace any round of a stud poker game with a twist round, in which each player is offered the option to replace exactly one card in his hand with a new one from the remaining deck...

    , a special round in some variants of stud poker
  • Twist (ride)
    Twist (ride)
    The Twist, also known as the Twister, Cyclone, Sizzler, Scrambler, Merry Mixer, Jambalaya, or Grasscutter is an amusement ride in which suspended riders spinning in cars experience the illusion that they will crash into other suspended, spinning cars. Riders are seated in small carriages clustered...

    , a popular amusement ride, often seen on travelling funfairs
  • Twist (sweets)
    Twist (sweets)
    Twist is a bite-sized confectionery produced by Freia/Kraft Foods, primarily for the Scandinavian market. Twist is sold in bags, and each bag contains a variety of pieces, mostly consisting of chocolates with some sort of filling in the center. New pieces are added and old ones discontinued...

    , a Norwegian bag of sweets, now produced in Sweden
  • Twist ending, an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction
  • French twist (hairstyle), a hair styling technique
  • Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team
    Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team
    Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team is a not-for-profit industry standards group. It does not charge anything for involvement. The main goal of Twist is to create non-proprietary XML message standards for the financial services industry...

     (TWIST), a non-profit financial industry standards group
  • Twist fungus
    Twist fungus
    Twist fungus is a fungus found in southern Australia, the Middle East and Europe. Recent research by scientists from Western Australia has found the fungus is capable of controlling organisms that cause the disease of livestock known as annual ryegrass toxicity. An inoculum of the fungus was...

     (Dilophospora alopecuri)
  • Twist tobacco, a type of chewing tobacco
  • Twist transcription factor
    Twist transcription factor
    Twist transcription factor is a basic-helix-loop-helix transcription factor associated with Saethre-Chotzen syndrome.-Interactions:Twist transcription factor has been shown to interact with EP300, TCF3 and PCAF.-External links:*...

  • Twisting properties in statistics
  • Operation Twist, an effort (in 1961, and again in 2011) by the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower long-term interest rates

Fictional characters

  • Jack Twist
    Jack Twist
    Jack Twist is a fictional character of the short story "Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx and the 2005 Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the same name directed by Ang Lee, where he was portrayed by American actor Jake Gyllenhaal...

    , a character from the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain"
  • Alexander "Chimp" Twist, a minor character from P. G. Wodehouse
  • Oliver Twist
    Oliver Twist
    Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to...

    , the leading character in the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens
  • Twist Morgan, a character in the Channel Four series Spaced
    Spaced
    Spaced is a British television sitcom written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and directed by Edgar Wright. It is noted for its rapid-fire editing, frequent pop culture references and jokes, eclectic music, and occasional displays of surrealism and non-sequitur humour...


Music

  • Twist (album)
    Twist (album)
    Twist is a 1994 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn. It was produced by Neil Finn. The album was released in the USA with a slightly altered track listing.-Track listing:#"The Lap of the Gods"#"Naked Flame"#"P.C."#"It Dawned on Me"...

    , a 1994 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn
  • The Twist (album)
    The Twist (album)
    The Twist is an LP by Gangway, recorded at Hookfarm Studio Dec. 1983 and May 1984. The cover art is by Peter Schultz.-Side 1:# "Yellow"# "Boys In The River"# "Join The Party"# "Everything We've Ever Had"# "What?"# "The Idiot"-Side 2:...

    , a 1984 album by Danish indiepop band Gangway
  • "The Twist" (song)
    The Twist (song)
    "The Twist" is a twelve bar blues song that gave birth to the Twistdance craze. The song was written and originally released in 1959 by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters as a B-side but his version was only a moderate 1960 hit, peaking at 28 on the Billboard Hot 100...

    , a 1960s hit single made famous by Chubby Checker
    • Twist (dance)
      Twist (dance)
      The Twist was a dance inspired by rock and roll music. It became the first worldwide dance craze in the early 1960s, enjoying immense popularity among young people and drawing fire from critics who felt it was too provocative. It inspired dances such as the Jerk, the Pony, the Watusi, the Mashed...

      , a rock and roll dance named after the song
  • "The Twist", a song from the album Grow Up and Blow Away
    Grow up and Blow Away
    Grow Up and Blow Away was the first recorded album by indie rock band Metric. The album was recorded in 2001, but delayed for years by their record label...

     by Metric
  • "The Twist", a song from the album Coming Back Hard Again by hip hop band Fat Boys
  • "Twist" (song)
    Twist (song)
    "Twist" is a Phish song written by Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall, released on the 2000 album Farmhouse."Twist" is one of a number of new songs that made their debuts during the 1997 European summer tour, officially debuting on June 14, 1997 in Dublin, Ireland.The song was written during sessions...

    , from the 2000 album Farmhouse by Phish
  • "Twist" (Goldfrapp song)
    Twist (Goldfrapp song)
    "Twist" is an electronic–dance song written by British duo Goldfrapp for their second album Black Cherry . It was produced by Goldfrapp, and received a positive reception from music critics...

    , a single from the 2003 album Black Cherry by Goldfrapp
  • Twist (Chris and Cosey album), an album by Chris & Cosey
  • "Twist (KoRn song)", from the 1996 album Life Is Peachy by metal band Korn
  • "Twisting", a song from the album Flood by They Might Be Giants
  • Twist (band)
    Twist (band)
    Twist were a rock band from Birmingham, UK consisting of Emma Fox , Vanessa White , Kelly Southern and Leanne Taylor . They released their debut record, Magenta on the Fierce Panda record label in February 2000 and played support slots for Muse and Coldplay. The band broke up in 2002....

    , a rock band from Birmingham, UK

Film and stage

  • Twist (film)
    Twist (film)
    Twist is a 2003 Canadian drama film and a queer retelling of Charles Dickens' classic, Oliver Twist.-Plot:The plot is updated to the present day, and moved out of the London poor house onto the streets of Toronto. In addition, the tale is told not from Oliver's point of view, but rather that of Dodge...

    , a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist
  • Twist (stage play)
    Twist (stage play)
    Twist is a 1995 comedy stage thriller by Miles Tredinnick. It was first produced at the Pentameters Theatre in London under the title Getting Away with Murder. Twist has a cast of three men and three women....

    , a stage thriller by Miles Tredinnick
  • Twist (1995 film), a Hong Kong film
    Cinema of Hong Kong
    The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...


People

  • Barry McGee
    Barry McGee
    Barry McGee is a painter and graffiti artist. He is also known by monikers such as Ray Fong, Lydia Fong, Bernon Vernon, P.Kin, Ray Virgil, Twist and further variations of Twist, such as Twister, Twisty, Twisto and others.-Life and career:McGee graduated from El Camino High School in South...

     (born 1966), also known as Twist, painter and graffiti artist
  • Sean Twist, Canadian author and freelance newspaper columnist
  • Tony Twist
    Tony Twist
    Anthony Rory Twist is a former professional ice hockey player. He played left wing in the NHL for the St. Louis Blues and Quebec Nordiques, but was also a feared enforcer. He now is a co-host in post-game shows after Blues games on Fox Sports Midwest...

    , Canadian hockey player
  • Leroy Twist Casey, a disk jockey

Places

  • Twist, Arkansas
    Twist, Arkansas
    Twist is an unincorporated community in Cross County, Arkansas, USA.Twist was mentioned in the B.B. King song "Lucille" as the location of a club where he once played. It was at this club in Twist where a woman named Lucille started a fight which set the place on fire...

    , a city in the United States
  • Twist, Devon, a hamlet in southwest England
  • Twist, Germany
    Twist, Germany
    Twist is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated directly at the Dutch border.Situation of the local parts in the municipality of Twist:-History:...

    , a municipality in Lower Saxony
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