Twist

Twist may refer to:

• Twist (comic), a comic by John Cook
• Twist (poker), a special round in some variants of stud poker
• Twist ending, an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction
• Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team (TWIST), a non-profit financial industry standards group
• French twist, a hair styling technique
• Twist fungus (Dilophospora alopecuri)
• Twist, the oldest form of chewing tobacco
• Alexander "Chimp" Twist, a minor P. G. Wodehouse character
• Twist (ride), a popular amusement ride, often seen on travelling funfairs

Music

• Twist (album), a 1994 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn
• The Twist (album), a 1984 LP by Danish indiepop band Gangway
• "The Twist" (song), a 1960s hit single by Chubby Checker
  • Twist (dance), a rock and roll dance named after the song
• "Twist" (song), from the 2000 album Farmhouse by jam band Phish
• "Twist" (Goldfrapp song), a single from the 2003 album Black Cherry, by British electronica duo Goldfrapp
• "Twist", from the 1996 album Life Is Peachy by metal band Korn

Film and stage

• Twist (film), a 2003 independent gay film loosely based on Charles Dickens's novel Oliver Twist
• Boy called Twist, a 2004 South African film also based on Oliver Twist
• Twist, a 1990 stage thriller by Miles Tredinnick

People

• Barry McGee (born 1966), also known as Twist, painter and graffiti artist
• Sean Twist, Canadian author and freelance newspaper columnist
• Michael Twist, Canadian author and teacher

Places

• Twist, Germany, a municipality in Lower Saxony
• Twist, Arkansas, a city in the United States

See also

• Twisted