CONTORT, CONTORTED, CONTORTION, CONTORTIONIST
ADJECTIVES
1938 ► twisted, contorted, tangled → PRETZELED → PRETZELLED → orig. & chiefly US
NOUNS
1513 ► bodily contortions, exaggerated postures → MURGEONS
NOUNS, PERSON
1752 ► a person who practices artificial postures of the body; a contortionist → POSTURE MASTER → US
1873 ► a contortionist; an acrobat → BENDER → circus sl.
1909 ► a contortionist; a loose-jointed, flexible person → LIMBER JACK → Amer. dial.
1930 ► a contortionist; a loose-jointed, flexible person → LIMBER JIM → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1666 ► to contort the body; to writhe, to wriggle, to squirm → TWINE → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1933 ► to twist or contort, esp. forcefully; to cause to bend or buckle → PRETZEL → orig. & chiefly US
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