Twist
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Twist may refer to:
- Twist (cocktail garnish), a decorative piece of citrus zest
- Twist (comic), a comic by John Cook
- Twist in screw theory in applied mathematics and physics
- Twist (poker), a special round in some variants of stud poker
- Twist (ride), a popular amusement ride, often seen on travelling funfairs
- Twist (sweets), a Norwegian bag of sweets, now produced in Sweden
- Twist ending, an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction
- French twist (hairstyle), a hair styling technique
- Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team (TWIST), a non-profit financial industry standards group
- Twist fungus (Dilophospora alopecuri)
- Twist tobacco, a type of chewing tobacco
- Twist transcription factor
- Twisting properties in statistics
- Twist (dance)
Fictional characters
- Jack Twist, a character from the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain"
- Alexander "Chimp" Twist, a minor character from P. G. Wodehouse
- Oliver Twist, the leading character in the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens.
Music
- Twist (album), a 1994 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn
- The Twist (album), a 1984 album by Danish indiepop band Gangway
- "The Twist" (song), a 1960s hit single made famous by Chubby Checker
- Twist (dance), a rock and roll dance named after the song
- "Twist" (song), from the 2000 album Farmhouse by Phish
- "Twist" (Goldfrapp song), a single from the 2003 album Black Cherry by Goldfrapp
- Twist (Chris and Cosey album), an album by Chris & Cosey
- "Twist (KoRn song)", from the 1996 album Life Is Peachy by metal band Korn
- "Twisting", a song by They Might Be Giants
- "The Twist", a song from the album Grow Up and Blow Away by Metric
- Twist (band), a rock band from Birmingham, UK
Film and stage
- Twist (film), a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist
- Twist (stage play), a stage thriller by Miles Tredinnick
- Twist (1995 film), a Hong Kong film
People
- Barry McGee (born 1966), also known as Twist, painter and graffiti artist
- Sean Twist, Canadian author and freelance newspaper columnist
- Tony Twist, Canadian hockey player
- Leroy Twist Casey, a disk jockey
Places
- Twist, Arkansas, a city in the United States
- Twist, Devon, a hamlet in southwest England
- Twist, Germany, a municipality in Lower Saxony