(informal, figuratively) To deliberately do or say something to worsen a difficult situation or increase a person's distress, irritation, or anger.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of twist the knife

present participle of twist the knife

cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame

(firearms) Material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined.

(firearms) In rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle.

To use personal pressure to persuade / To use political pressure to gain support

Alternative spelling of arm-twist

(category theory) An isomorphism between a pair of products which have the same components but in swapped order, which isomorphism commutes with the two associated product diagrams.

plural of plot twist