Twist

Twist may refer to:

• Twist (cocktail garnish), a decorative piece of citrus zest
• 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
• Twist (software), a test automation solution by ThoughtWorks Studios
• Twist (confectionery), a Norwegian bag of sweets, now produced in Sweden
• Ellipse Twist, a French hang glider
• French twist (hairstyle), a hair styling technique
• Twist fungus (Dilophospora alopecuri)
• Twist lifts, a type of lift in pairs figure skating
• Twist tobacco, a type of chewing tobacco

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 and science

• Twist (mathematics) a geometric quantity associated with a ribbon
• Twist (screw theory), in applied mathematics and physics
• Twisting properties in statistics
• Twist transcription factor, gene protein

Media

• Twist ending, an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction
• Twist (magazine), an American teen magazine
• Twist (novel), a novel by Harkaitz Cano
• Twist (Östergren novel), a novel by Klas Östergren

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
• Twist Morgan, a character in the Channel Four series Spaced
• Twist, the main character of The Fresh Beat Band and its spin-off Fresh Beat Band of Spies

Film and stage

• Twist (film), a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist
• The Twist (film), a 1976 film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol
• Twist (stage play), a 1995 stage thriller by Miles Tredinnick

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" (KoRn song), from the 1996 album Life Is Peachy by metal band Korn
• "Twisting", a song from the album Flood by They Might Be Giants
• Twist (band), a rock band from Birmingham, UK

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

Places

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

See also

• Twisted (disambiguation)
• Twister (disambiguation)