Reverse Dictionary: TWIST

ADJECTIVES
1400 — TORTIVOUS twisting, twisted, tortuous → obs.
1596 — CRANKLING twisting or winding in and out
1766 — CRINKUM-CRANKUM twisting in and out, sinuous; intricate
1804 — CRINKLE-CRANKLE winding or twisting in and out, zigzag
1816 — TIRLIE-WIRLIE — TIRLY-WIRLY intricate, twisting, winding → Sc.
1836 — CRANKY full of twists or windings; crooked
1872 — TWISTERING winding, twisting
1892 — TWISTY-WISTY in a twisting or winding manner
1902 — INWINDING uneven, twisting → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
..19C — CRINKLETY-CRANKLETY twisting in and out; zigzag → Eng. dial.

NOUNS
1567 — CRINK a twist, bend, or crook
1596 — CRINKLE a twist, a bend; a wrinkle or crease on the surface of something
1598 — CRANKLE a bend, twist, winding; a curve or angular prominence
1598 — CRANKLING a twisting or winding in and out
1606 — CRINGLE-CRANGLE a mass of twistings and turns; a zigzag → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1648 — OBLIQUATION a bending aside or in an oblique direction; a twisting awry → obs.
1656 — OBTORTION a twisting, distortion, perversion → obs.
1670 — CRINKUM-CRANKUM a thing which is full of twists and turns; a winding way; something intricately or fancifully elaborated; a mechanical device or toy; a curio; also, sinuosity; intricateness
1774 — TWIDDLE a twirl or twist; also, a curl, a twirled mark or sign
1785 — THROW a twist, a wrench, a sprain; the act of twisting or wriggling; a turn of the hand → Sc.
1796 — TWISTLE a twist, a wrench → Sc.
..19C — HANKLE a tangle, twist → Eng. dial.
1808 — CRINGLE a twist, a bend; a wrinkle or crease on the surface of something → Eng. dial. obs.
1820 — TWERK  twisting or jerking movement; a twitch → colloq., chiefly US
1835 — TWISTIFICATION a twisting; a twisted object or part
1839 — HALSH a noose, a loop, a slip-knot; a twist, turn → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1848 — TWIZZLE a twist or turn; a change of direction → chiefly Eng. dial.
1860 — TWINGE a twist, a turn
1880 — QUERL — QUIRL a curl, a twist, a twirl → US
1892 — BIRL a whirring sound; a rapid twist or turn → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1900 — KELTER a twist, a kink → Sc.
1901 — KECK a twist to one side; a sprain; an injury to the spine causing deformity → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — YEE-YAW a twist → Amer. dial.
1904 — SCASH — SCASS a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — SCASHLE— SKASHLE a twist, a wrench; a turning to one side → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — QUIRK anything out of the square; a twist, a bend, a circle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — QUIRKLE a twist → Eng. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
1000 — TO-WRITHE to twist or wrench about; to twist or writhe about → obs.
1300 — HARL to entangle, to twist, to knot together; to ravel or confuse → Eng. dial.
1393 — BETHROW to twist about, to torture → obs.
1400 — TO-WRY to turn, to twist about → obs.
1420 — WAMBLE to turn and twist the body about; to roll or wriggle about, to roll over and over → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1430 — CRINKLE to make twisting, winding, or crumpled; to wrinkle
1475 — CRALL to bend, to curve, to twist, to curl → obs.
1548 — TWIND to twist, to wind, to turn → obs.
1594 — CRANK to twist and turn about; to move with a sharply winding course, to zigzag →  obs.
1598 — CRANKLE to bend in and out; to wind, to twist; to run zigzag
1599 — TWIRK to twist spirally → obs.
1608 — CRANGLE to twist, to writhe, to wriggle
1610 — IMPLICATE to intertwine; to wreathe, to twist, or knit together; to entwine, to entangle
1641 — THROW to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1647 — TWINGLE to twist, to twine, to wriggle, to writhe  
1660 — FANK to coil a rope, to twist, to knot; to entangle the feet, to impede → Sc.
1670 — OBLIQUATE to bend aside; to twist obliquely → obs.
1691 — SKELLER to cause to warp, twist, shrivel, or blister, esp. with heat → N. Eng. dial.
1722 — RUNKLE to gnarl, to twist, to distort, to curl → Sc.
1761 — RACK to wrench, to sprain, to dislocate, to twist → Sc.
1781 — HANKLE to entangle, twist together → Eng. dial.
1788 — TWISTLE to twist, to twirl; to screw → Eng. dial.
1788 — TWIZZLE to twirl, to twist; to turn round; to form by twisting → Eng. dial.
1790 — KECK to stand awry; to twist to one side; to lean; to drop from an upright position → Eng. dial.
1805 — CAMSHACHLE — CAMSHACKLE to distort, to twist all awry → Sc.
1806 — FEEZE to screw, to twist, to turn → Sc.
1809 — HALSH to fasten, to tie; to knot, to noose, to loop, to twist → Eng. dial.
1809 — QUEEVE to twist; to bend slowly backwards and forwards as a tree-top → Eng. dial.
1809 — RICK to sprain, to strain, to twist, to wrench → Eng. dial.
1814 — KINKLE to become twisted or kinked
1821 — CRINK to bend, to twist; to form into wrinkles or furrows; to crinkle
1821 — REEVE to draw into wrinkles; to pucker; to twist round; to shrivel up; to roll up the sleeves → Eng. dial.
1835 — TWISTIFY to twist → Amer. dial.
1848 — TWERK to move with a twitching, twisting, or jerking motion → colloq., chiefly US
1850 — CRICK to twist or strain one’s neck or back, causing painful stiffness → colloq.
1866 — QUEEL to coil, to curl up; to twist → Eng. dial.
1866 — SCASH to twist, to turn to one side; to walk in a shuffling, awkward manner with the toes turned outwards, either from deformity or affectation → Sc.
1866 — TAISLE — TEAZLE to entangle, to twist inextricably; to mix up, to put or get into disorder → Sc.
1870 — TIRL to whirl, to twirl; to rotate rapidly; to twist → Sc.
1874 — FARZLE — FAZLE — VAZZLE to tangle, to twist → Eng. dial.
1880 — CRINGLE to twist; to crumple → chiefly Sc.
1887 — FANKLE to entangle, to twist, to knot; to coil, to wind; to disorder → Sc.
1888 — CRINK to twist or strain one’s neck or back, causing painful stiffness  
1888 — SKELLOW to warp, twist, shrivel, or blister, as with heat → Eng. dial.
1889 — BAFFLE to twist irregularly, to entangle → Eng. dial.
1898 — BEW — BOO to bow, to bend, to twist → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 — TEETOTUM to wheel or whirl about; to twist round → Eng. dial.
1902 — KEAU to twist, as the foot in walking → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCASHLE — SKASHLE to twist, to turn awry → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — SCASS to twist, to turn awry → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — QUIST to twist → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TATHER to entangle; to twist; to knot; to involve → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TAW to twist; to get crooked or out of shape; to crease, to wrinkle; to entwist, as the end of a rope → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — THONG to twine; to twist together → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TIPE to turn; to twist → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TWANGLE to twist, entangle, ruffle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TWANK to twist → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — YIRN to twist; to entwine → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 — SCRUPLE to rumple; to twist up; to wrinkle → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1917 — CREEL to twist or wrench; to become twisted → Amer. dial.
1933 — PRETZEL to twist or contort, esp. forcefully; to cause to bend or buckle → orig. & chiefly US