twist and turn

English

Verb

twist and turn (third-person singular simple present twists and turns, present participle twisting and turning, simple past and past participle twisted and turned)

1. (intransitive) To move one way then the other, or in unpredictable erratic gyrations.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 150:

     The narrow streets that twist and turn through the compact heart of Dent are surfaced with cobbles which, in the absence of pavements, spread right across from doorstep to doorstep.

   • 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Vardy had a hand in the opening goal. Twisting and turning on the edge of the 18-yard box, the England international was clumsily brought down by Vicente Iborra, wide on the Leicester left.

Synonyms

• jactitate
• vertiginate

Translations

to move one way then the other

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 喐嚟喐去 (juk¹ lai⁴ juk¹ heoi³; juk¹ lei⁴ juk¹ heoi³)

• Finnish: kääntyillä (fi), mutkitella (fi)
• German: hin- und herbewegen (reflexive)
• Maori: korohapehape