Twist

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Twist may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

Film, television, and stage

• Twist (2003 film), a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens's novel Oliver Twist
• Twist (2021 film), a 2021 modern rendition of Oliver Twist starring Rafferty Law
• The Twist (1976 film), a 1976 film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol
• The Twist (1992 film), a 1992 documentary film directed by Ron Mann
• Twist (stage play), a 1995 stage thriller by Miles Tredinnick
• Twist, the main character on television series The Fresh Beat Band and its spin-off Fresh Beat Band of Spies
• Oliver Twist (disambiguation), name of several film, television, and musical adaptations based on Charles Dickens's novel Oliver Twist
• "Twist" (Only Murders in the Building), a 2021 episode of the TV series Only Murders in the Building
• Jack Twist, a character in the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain
• Twist Morgan, a character in the television series Spaced

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 song by Hank Ballard, covered by Chubby Checker, a hit in 1960
• "The Twist", a song from the album Grow Up and Blow Away by Metric
• "The Twist", a song from the album Coming Back Hard Again by hip hop band The Fat Boys
• "Twist" (Phish song), from the 2000 album Farmhouse by Phish
• "Twist" (Goldfrapp song), a single from the 2003 album Black Cherry by Goldfrapp
• Twist, an album by Chris & Cosey
• "Twist", a song from the album Unfinished Business by Nathan Sykes
• "Twist" a song from the album A Hundred Days Off by Underworld
• "Twist", the opener of the 1996 Korn album, Life Is Peachy
• "Twisting", a song from the album Flood by They Might Be Giants
• Twist (band), a rock band from Birmingham, England, UK

Other media

• Twist ending, an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction
• Twist (magazine), an American teen magazine
• Twist (Cano novel), a novel by Harkaitz Cano
• Twist (Östergren novel), a novel by Klas Östergren
• Twist (TV network), an American television network
• Oliver Twist, a novel by Charles Dickens, and its main character

Finance

• Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team (TWIST), a non-profit financial industry standards group
• Operation Twist, an effort (in 1961, and again in 2011) by the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower long-term interest rates

Mathematics, science, and technology

• Twist (mechanics), the torsion of an object
• Twist (mathematics), a geometric quantity associated with a ribbon
• Twists of curves, a method of deriving related curves
• Twist (screw theory), in applied mathematics and physics
• Twist (software), a test automation solution by ThoughtWorks Studios
• Ellipse Twist, a French hang glider
• Twist fungus (Dilophospora alopecuri)
• Twisting properties, in statistics
• Twist transcription factor, a gene protein

People

• Barry McGee (born 1966), also known as Twist, painter and graffiti artist
• Tony Twist (born 1968), Canadian hockey player
• Leroy "Twist" Casey (born 1973), disk jockey
• Liz Twist (born 1956), British Member of Parliament

Places

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

Sport

• Aerial twist, an acrobatic maneuver in gymnastics
• Twist lifts, a type of lift in pairs figure skating

Other uses

• Twist (cocktail garnish), a decorative piece of citrus zest
• Twist (confectionery), a Norwegian bag of sweets, now produced in Sweden
• Twist (dance), a rock and roll dance
• Twist (poker), a special round in some variants of stud poker
• Twist (ride), a popular amusement ride, often seen on travelling funfairs
• French twist (hairstyle), a hair styling technique
• Twist tobacco, a type of chewing tobacco
• Sail twist, a phenomenon in sailing
• Wing twist, a design choice in aeronautics

See also

• Twisted (disambiguation)
• Twister (disambiguation)
• Torque