twisting

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwɪstɪŋ/

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twisting

1. present participle and gerund of twist

twisting (countable and uncountable, plural twistings)

1. (countable) gerund of twist
   • 1984, Theodore R. Sizer, Horace's Compromise: The Dilemma of the American High School:

     She was oblivious of all around her, and her facial twistings and scrunchings were droll.

   • 2009 August 23, Alexander Star, “Richard Poirier: A Man of Good Reading”, in New York Times‎:

     Tracing Emerson’s famous twistings and turnings, Mr. Poirier argued that even when he seemed most complacent […] Emerson cannot be taken at face value.

   • 2021 July 14, “Network News: Network Rail engineers raise Machynlleth bridge”, in RAIL, number 935, page 27:

     Engineers decided not to use hydraulics, to ensure there was no twisting or buckling to the 80-tonne girder structure.

2. (uncountable) The disreputable practice of selling unnecessary insurance to a customer in order to earn commission.
   • 1985, The Federal Reporter (second series, volume 756, page 219):

     Twisting benefits an insurance agent while damaging the customer. The agent benefits because the commission earned on the sale of a new health insurance policy is substantially higher than that earned on the renewal of an existing policy.

twisting

1. Having many twists

   The mountain road is even more twisting than the valley road.

• twistingly