twisting (
http://definr.com/twisting)
adj 1: having a twisting or snake-like or worm-like motion;
"squirming boys"; "wiggly worms"; "writhing snakes"
[syn:
squirming,
wiggling,
wiggly,
wriggling,
wriggly,
writhing]
2: marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the
mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to
steer the car down a twisty track" [syn:
tortuous,
twisty,
winding]
n 1: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean
something it was not intended to mean [syn:
distortion,
overrefinement,
straining,
torture]
2: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it
broke off after much twisting" [syn:
spin,
twirl,
twist,
whirl]