Meanings (ES + gloss)
despescuezar • espescuezar • torcer
To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
sacar punta a
To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
Say I could succeed at the Bar, and achieve a fortune by bullying witnesses and twisting evidence; is that a fame which would satisfy my longings, or a calling in which my life wou…
torcerse
To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
Oh, you are a devil. You can twist the heart in a girl as easy as some could twist her arms to hurt her. Mrs Pearce warned me. Time and again she has wanted to leave you; and you a…
Then Romany went down, then we fell together, and the chaps separated us. I got another knock-down blow in, and was beginning to enjoy the novelty of it, when Romany staggered and…
Phrases
French twistMason twistRussian twistSenegalese twistarm-twistbarley twistflat twistgain twistgaining twistget it twistedget one's knickers in a twisthanky-twistintertwistmule twistnigger twistnontwistovertwistplot twistretwistrope twistround the twistself-twistingstub twistsupertwisttwist and turntwist aroundtwist around one's little fingertwist drilltwist griptwist in the windtwist morphismtwist of fatetwist of the knifetwist offtwist someone's armtwist someone's ballstwist someone's wordstwist splicetwist the knifetwist the knife in the wound