Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 91
Twinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Twinge
Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
When a man is past his sense, There's no way to reduce him thence, But twinging him by the ears or nose, Or laying on of heavy blows. -- Hudibras.
Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
The gnat . . . twinged him [the lion] till he made him tear himself, and so mastered him. -- L'Estrange.
Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.
Twinge (n.) A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
A master that gives you . . . twinges by the ears. -- L' Estrange.
Twinge (n.) A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side. " A twinge for my own sin." -- Dryden.
Twinge (n.) A sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" [syn: pang, stab, twinge].
Twinge (n.) A sharp stab of pain.
Twinge (v.) Cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn: prick, sting, twinge].
Twinge (v.) Feel a sudden sharp, local pain.
Twinge (v.) Squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch].
Twining (a.) Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.
Twining (a.) The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of climbing spirally.
Twining, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 192
Housing Units (2000): 79
Land area (2000): 0.958273 sq. miles (2.481916 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.958273 sq. miles (2.481916 sq. km)
FIPS code: 81020
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 44.112735 N, 83.806745 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 48766
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Twining, MI
Twining
Twink (v. i.) To twinkle. [Obs.]
Twink (n.) A wink; a twinkling. [Obs.]
Twink (n.) (Zool.) The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
Twink (n.) [Berkeley] A clue-repellant user; the next step beyond a clueless one.
Twink (n.) [UCSC] A read-only user. Also reported on the Usenet group soc.motss; may derive from gay slang for a cute young thing with nothing upstairs (compare mainstream ?chick?).
Twink (n.) On MU* systems that specialize in role-playing, refers to behavior of a (usually inexperienced) player that either ignores rules or social convention, or disrupts the natural flow of a scene to show off super powers.
We are informed that in Indian country, the term twink generally refers to blondes into generic ?Native American spirituality?. Signs include Indian jewelry with MADE IN THAILAND stamped on it, crystals, Clairol black hair, wearing swimsuits to powwows, Cherokee princess grandmas, a love of Dances with Wolves, and a fear of AIM and the NCAI. The twink nature is everywhere.
Twink, () [UCSC] Equivalent to read-only user. Also reported on the Usenet group soc.motss; may derive from gay slang for a cute young thing with nothing upstairs (compare mainstream "chick").
Twinkled (imp. & p. p.) of Twinkle
Twinkling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twinkle
Twinkle (v. i.) To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
The owl fell a moping and twinkling. -- L' Estrange.
Twinkle (v. i.) To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
These stars do not twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures. -- Sir I. Newton.
The western sky twinkled with stars. -- Sir W. Scott.
Twinkle (n.) A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.
Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye, The damsel broke his misintended dart. -- Spenser.
Twinkle (n.) A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
Twinkle (n.) The time of a wink; a twinkling. -- Dryden.
Twinkle (n.) A rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn: twinkle, scintillation, sparkling].
Twinkle (n.) Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes" [syn: sparkle, twinkle, spark, light].
Twinkle (v.) Gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" [syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle].
Twinkle (v.) Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" [syn: twinkle, winkle, scintillate].
TWINKLE, () The Weizman INstitute Key Locating Engine (cryptography).
Twinkler (n.) One who, or that which, twinkles, or winks; a winker; an eye.
Twinkler (n.) An object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner.
Twinkling (n.) The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle. -- Holland.
Twinkling (n.) A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars.
Twinkling (n.) The time of a wink; a moment; an instant.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, . . . the dead shall be raised incorruptible. -- 1 Cor. xv. 52.
Twinkling (a.) Shining intermittently with a sparkling light; "twinkling stars".
Twinkling (n.) A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute].
Twinleaf (n.) (Bot.) See Jeffersonia.
Twinlike (a.) Closely resembling; being a counterpart. -- {Twin"like`ness}, n.
Twinling (n.) A young or little twin, especially a twin lamb.
Twinned (a.) (Crystallog.) Composed of parts united according to a law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.
Twinned (a.) Being two identical [syn: duplicate, matching, twin(a), twinned].
Twinner (n.) One who gives birth to twins; a breeder of twins. -- Tusser.
Twinning (n.) (Crystallog.) The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about.
Polysynthetic twinning, Repeated twinning of crystal lamellae, as that of the triclinic feldspars.
Repeated twinning, Twinning of more than two crystals, or parts of crystals.
Twinning axis, Twinning plane. See the Note under Twin, n.
Twinning (a.) Producing two offspring at a time [syn: biparous, twinning].
Twinning, () Keeping a mirror of a magnetic tape. (1997-07-18)
Twinter (n.) A domestic animal two winters old. [Prov. Eng.]
Twire (n.) A twisted filament; a thread. [Obs.] -- Locke.
Twire (v. i.) To peep; to glance obliquely; to leer. [Obs.]
Which maids will twire at 'tween their fingers. -- B. Jonson.
I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee. -- Beau. & Fl.
Twire (v. i.) To twinkle; to glance; to gleam. [Obs.]
When sparkling stars twire not. -- Shak.
Twire (v. i.) To sing, or twitter. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Twire-pipe (n.) A vagabond musician. [Obs.]
You are an ass, a twire-pipe. -- Beau. & Fl.
You looked like Twire-pipe, the taborer. -- Chapman.
Twirled (imp. & p. p.) of Twirl
Twirling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twirl
Twirl (v. i.) 快速轉動；快速旋轉；扭動；捲曲 To revolve with velocity; to be whirled round rapidly.
Twirl (n.) [C] 旋轉；轉動；捻弄；旋轉的東西；螺旋形的東西 The act of twirling; a rapid circular motion; a whirl or whirling; quick rotation.
Twirl (n.) A twist; a convolution. -- Woodward.
Twirl (v. t.) 使快速轉動；使快速旋轉；捻弄；扭轉，捲曲 To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.
See ruddy maids, Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel. -- Dodsley.
No more beneath soft eve's consenting star Fandango twirls his jocund castanet. -- Byron.
Twirl (n.) A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight [syn: kink, twist, twirl].
Twirl (n.) The act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl].
Twirl (v.) Turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" [syn: twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl].
Twirl (v.) Cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: whirl, birl, spin, twirl].
Twisted (imp. & p. p.) of Twist
Twisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twist
Twist (v. t.) 扭轉；扭彎；旋轉，絞；捻，搓；捻成，搓成；纏，盤繞；編，織 [O]；扭傷；扭歪；歪曲，曲解；使密切相關；曲折地行（路）To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Twist it into a serpentine form. -- Pope.
Twist (v. t.) Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
Twist (v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.
Twist (v. t.) To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
There are pillars of smoke twisted about with wreaths of flame. -- T. Burnet.
Twist (v. t.) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
Twist (v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread. -- Shak.
Twist (v. t.) Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
Was it not to this end That thou began'st to twist so fine a story? -- Shak.
Twist (v. t.) To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
Twist (v. i.) 轉身；旋轉；彎曲；纏繞，盤繞；捻合，搓攏；扭傷；扭歪；扭動；跳扭扭舞；曲折地前進 To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.
Twist (v. i.) To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
Twist (n.) [C] 扭；絞；搓；纏；編； 捻成（或搓成，編成）的東西；轉彎；彎曲處；扭傷；扭歪；歪曲；曲解；怪癖；偏執；意外轉折；竅門，花樣；扭擺舞 [the S] The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
Not the least turn or twist in the fibers of any one animal which does not render them more proper for that particular animal's way of life than any other cast or texture. -- Addison.
Twist (n.) The form given in twisting.
[He] shrunk at first sight of it; he found fault with the length, the thickness, and the twist. -- Arbuthnot.
Twist (n.) That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts. Specifically:
Twist (n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
Twist (n.) A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.
Twist (n.) A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
Twist (n.) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
Twist (n.) A little twisted roll of tobacco.
Twist (n.) (Weaving) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
Twist (n.) (Firearms) A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.
Twist (n.) (Firearms & Ord.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
Twist (n.) A beverage made of brandy and gin. [Slang]
Twist (n.) [OE.; -- so called as being a two-forked branch. See Twist, v. t.] A twig. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Fairfax.
Twist (n.) Act of imparting a turning or twisting motion, as to a pitched ball; also, the motion thus imparted; as, the twist of a billiard ball.
Twist (n.) A strong individual tendency, or bent; a marked inclination; a bias; -- often implying a peculiar or unusual tendency; as, a twist toward fanaticism.
Gain twist, or Gaining twist (Firearms), Twist of which the pitch is less, and the inclination greater, at the muzzle than at the breech.
Twist
drill, A drill
the body of which is twisted like that of an auger. See Illust. of
Drill.
Uniform twist (Firearms), A twist of which the spiral course
has an equal pitch throughout.
Twist (n.) An unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn" [syn: turn, turn of events, twist].
Twist (n.) An interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct" [syn: construction, twist].
Twist (n.) Any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen" [syn: device, gimmick, twist].
Twist (n.) The act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl].
Twist (n.) A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull" [syn: wrench, twist, pull].
Twist (n.) A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight [syn: kink, twist, twirl].
Twist (n.) A circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn].
Twist (n.) A miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself [syn: eddy, twist].
Twist (n.) A jerky pulling movement [syn: twist, wrench].
Twist (n.) A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair [syn: braid, plait, tress, twist].
Twist (n.) Social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s; "they liked to dance the twist".
Twist (n.) The act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: wind, winding, twist].
Twist (n.) Turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room" [syn: twist, turn].
Twist (v.) To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" [syn: writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist].
Twist (v.) Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" [syn: flex, bend, deform, twist, turn] [ant: unbend].
Twist (v.) Turn in the opposite direction; "twist one's head".
Twist (v.) Form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" [syn: twist, twine, distort] [ant: untwist].
Twist (v.) Form into twists; "Twist the strips of dough".
Twist (v.) Extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest" [syn: wind, twist, curve].
Twist (v.) Do the twist.
Twist (v.) Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest" [syn: wrench, twist].
Twist (v.) Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn: twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate].
Twist (v.) Twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick].
Twiste () Obs. imp. of Twist. -- Chaucer.
Twisted (a.) Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted.
Twisted curve (Geom.), A curve of double curvature. See Plane curve, under Curve.
Twisted surface (Geom.), A surface described by a straight line moving according to any law whatever, yet so that the consecutive positions of the line shall not be in one plane; a warped surface.
Twisted (a.) Having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem" [syn: distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted].
Twister (n.) One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
Twister (n.) The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.
He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine. -- Wallis.
Twister (n.) (Carp.) A girder. -- Craig.
Twister (n.) (Man.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback. -- Craig.
Twister (n.) A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground [syn: tornado, twister].
Twister (n.) Small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts [syn: cruller, twister].
Twistical (a.) Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest. [Slang, U. S.] -- Bartlett.
Twisting () a. & n. from Twist.
Twitted (imp. & p. p.) of Twit
Twitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twit
Twit (v. t.) To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.
This these scoffers twitted the Christians with. -- Tillotson.
Aesop minds men of their errors, without twitting them or what is amiss. -- L'Estrange.
Twit (n.) Someone who is regarded as contemptible [syn: twerp, twirp, twit].
Twit (n.) Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing [syn: twit, taunt, taunting].
Twit (v.) Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride].
Twitched (imp. & p. p.) of Twitch
Twitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twitch
Twitch (v. t.) To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes.
Thrice they twitched the diamond in her ear. -- Pope.
Twitch (n.) The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.
Twitch (n.) A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side.
Twitch (n.) (Far.) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. By twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation. --J. H. Walsh.
Twitch (n.) A sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition [syn: twitch, twitching, vellication].
Twitch (v.) Make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching" [syn: twitch, jerk].
Twitch (v.) Move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings" [syn: jerk, twitch].
Twitch (v.) Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air [syn: flip, twitch].
Twitch (v.) Squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch].
Twitch (v.) Move or pull with a sudden motion.
Twitcher (n.) One who, or that which, twitches.
Quitch grass (n.) (Bot.) A perennial grass ({Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quack grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix.
Twitch grass () (Bot.) See Quitch grass.
Twite (n.) (Zool.) The European tree sparrow.
Twite (n.) (Zool.) The mountain linnet ({Linota flavirostris). [Prov. Eng.]
Twitlark (n.) (Zool.) The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng.]
Twitter (n.) One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.
Twittered (imp. & p. p.) of Twitter
Twittering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Twitter
Twitter (v. i.) （鳥等）吱吱叫，啁啾；唧唧喳喳地講話 [（+on/ away）]；格格地笑；（因激動等）顫抖；緊張 To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises.
The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed. -- Gray.
Twitter (v. i.) To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle. -- J. Fletcher.
Twitter (v. i.) [Perhaps influenced by twitch.] To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
Twitter (v. t.) （鳥等）吱吱叫，啁啾地唱出；唧唧喳喳地講述 To utter with a twitter. -- Cowper.
Twitter (n.) （鳥等的）吱吱叫，啁啾聲 [U] [the S]；唧唧喳喳聲；格格的笑聲 [C]；（因激動引起的）顫抖，緊張 [S] The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow.
Twitter (n.) A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle. -- Hudibras.
Twitter (n.) A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.
Twitter (n.) A series of chirps [syn: chirrup, twitter].
Twitter (v.) Make high-pitched sounds, as of birds [syn: chitter, twitter].
Twitter, () A free Internet service for posting short messages, known as "tweets", via a central server, which are then sent to all users who have chosen to follow you or to a specific user. A variety of client programs are available in addition to the website. Launched in about 2008.
http://twitter.com/)"> Twitter home (http://twitter.com/). (2009-06-10)
Twitter (v. i.) (Of a bird) Give a call consisting of repeated light tremulous sounds.
‘Sparrows twittered under the eaves.’
Twitter (v. i.) Talk in a light, high-pitched voice.
‘Old ladies in the congregation twittered.’
Twitter (v. i.) Talk rapidly and at length in an idle or trivial way.
‘He twittered on about buying a new workshop.’
Twitter (v. i.) Make a posting on the social media application Twitter.
‘Many active bloggers are twittering more and more these days’
Twitter (n.) A series of short, high-pitched calls or sounds.
‘His words were cut off by a faint electronic twitter.’
Twitter (n.) Idle or ignorant talk.
‘Drawing-room twitter.’
Phrases: In a twitter (Informal) In a state of agitation or excitement.
Origin: Late Middle English (as a verb): imitative.
Twitter (n.) 推特 Is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and retweet tweets, but unregistered users can only read them. Users access Twitter through its website interface, through Short Message Service (SMS) or its mobile-device application software ("app"). [16] Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California, and has more than 25 offices around the world. [17] Tweets were originally restricted to 140 characters, but was doubled to 280 for non-CJK languages in November 2017. [18] Audio and video tweets remain limited to 140 seconds for most accounts.
Twittering (n.) The act of one who, or that which, twitters.
Twittering (n.) A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense.
A widow, who had a twittering towards a second husband, took a gossiping companion to manage the job. -- L'Estrange.
Twittingly (adv.) In a twitting manner; with upbraiding.