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 Michael Caine. * ''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 ''The Fresh Beat Band'' (originally known as ''The JumpArounds'') is an American live action musical children's television series created by Scott Kraft and Nadine van der Velde for Nickelodeon. The show stars the "Fresh Beats" (Kiki, Shout, M ...

'' 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 Jack Twist is a fictional character of the short story "Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx and of the 2005 Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the same name directed by Ang Lee, where he is portrayed by American actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Jac ...

, a character in the 2005 film ''Brokeback Mountain'' * Twist Morgan, a character in the television series ''

Spaced ''Spaced'' is a British television show, television sitcom created, written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes, Jessica Stevenson, and directed by Edgar Wright, about the (comedic and sometimes Farce, farcical and action-packed) mis ...

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 The Fat Boys were an American hip hop trio from Brooklyn, New York, who emerged in the early 1980s. The group was briefly known originally as the Disco 3, originally composed of Mark "Prince Markie Dee" Morales, Damon "Kool Rock-Ski" Wimbley, ...

* "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 Chris & Cosey, sometimes known as Carter Tutti, are a musical duo formed in 1981, consisting of couple Chris Carter (electronics) and Cosey Fanni Tutti (electronics, guitar, cornet), both previously (and currently the sole surviving) members ...

* "Twist", a song from the album '' Unfinished Business'' by Nathan Sykes *"Twist" a song from the album

A Hundred Days Off ''A Hundred Days Off'' is the sixth album by Underworld. The album produced two UK Singles Chart entries: "Two Months Off", which reached no. 12 and "Dinosaur Adventure 3D", which reached no. 34. Although this was the first album since Darr ...

by Underworld *"Twist", the opener of the 1996 Korn album, ''

Life Is Peachy ''Life Is Peachy'' is the second studio album by American nu metal band Korn. It was released on October 15, 1996, through both Immortal Records and Epic Records. After the release of Korn's 1994 self-titled debut album, the band reunited wit ...

'' * "Twisting", a song from the album ''

Flood A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrol ...

'' by They Might Be Giants *

Twist (band) Fierce Panda Records is a London-based independent record label, with its first release in February 1994. It also produced a small number of releases that year by now famous artists such as Ash, The Bluetones, Baby Bird and Supergrass. F ...

, a rock band from Birmingham, England, UK

Other media

Twist ending 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 ''Olive ...

, 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) Twist is an American digital multicast television network owned by Tegna Inc. Launched on April 5, 2021, the network specializes in factual lifestyle and reality television content aimed at females between the ages of 25 and 54, sourcing it ...

, an American television network * ''

Oliver Twist ''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress'', Charles Dickens's second novel, was published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, and as a three-volume book in 1838. Born in a workhouse, the orphan Oliver Twist is bound into apprenticeship with ...

'', a novel by Charles Dickens, and its main character

Finance

Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team {{third-party, date=April 2015 Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team (Twist) is a not-for-profit industry standards group. It does not charge anything for involvement. The main goal of Twist is to create non-proprietary XML message stand ...

(TWIST), a non-profit financial industry standards group *

Operation Twist This is a list of historical rate actions by the United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The FOMC controls the supply of credit to banks and the sale of treasury securities. The Federal Open Market Committee meets every two months d ...

, 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 (mathematics) In differential geometry, the twist of a ''ribbon'' is its rate of axial rotation. Let a ribbon (X,U) be composted of space curve X=X(s), where s is the arc length of X, and U=U(s) the a unit normal vector, perpendicular at each point to X. Sin ...

, a geometric quantity associated with a ribbon *

Twists of curves In the mathematical field of algebraic geometry, an elliptic curve E over a field K has an associated quadratic twist, that is another elliptic curve which is isomorphic to E over an algebraic closure of K. In particular, an isomorphism between e ...

, a method of deriving related curves *

Twist (screw theory) Screw theory is the algebraic calculation of pairs of vectors, such as forces and moments or angular and linear velocity, that arise in the kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies. The mathematical framework was developed by Sir Robert St ...

, in applied mathematics and physics * Twist (software), a test automation solution by ThoughtWorks Studios * Ellipse Twist, a French hang glider *

Twist fungus ''Lidophia graminis'', twist fungus, is a fungus found in southern Australia, the Middle East and Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weig ...

(''Dilophospora alopecuri'') *

Twisting properties Twisting properties in general terms are associated with the properties of samples that identify with statistics that are suitable for exchange. Description Starting with a sample \ observed from a random variable ''X'' having a given distribution ...

, in statistics *

Twist transcription factor Twist-related protein 1 (TWIST1) also known as class A basic helix–loop–helix protein 38 (bHLHa38) is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that in humans is encoded by the ''TWIST1'' gene. Function Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) tr ...

, a gene protein

People

Barry McGee Barry McGee (born 1966) is an American contemporary artist. He is a well known graffiti artist, and a pioneer of the Mission School art movement. McGee is known by his monikers: Twist, Ray Fong, Bernon Vernon, and P.Kin. Life and education Barry ...

(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 Mary Elizabeth Twist (born 10 July 1956) is a British Labour Party politician. She has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaydon since the 2017 general election. Before her parliamentary career, she was the head of health in the Nor ...

(born 1956), British Member of Parliament

Places

Twist, Arkansas Twist is an unincorporated community in Cross County, Arkansas, United States. Twist was named after a nearby plantation of the same name. Twist was mentioned in the B.B. King song "Lucille" as the location of a club where he once played. It was ...

, a city in the United States *

Twist, Germany Twist is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated directly on the Dutch border. Situation of the local parts in the municipality of Twist: History The settlement in the area of today's municipality Twist ...

, 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 twist is a piece of citrus zest used as a cocktail garnish, generally for decoration and to add flavor when added to a mixed drink. There are a variety of ways of making and using twists. Twists are typically cut from a whole fresh fruit with ...

, a decorative piece of citrus zest * Twist (confectionery), a Norwegian bag of sweets, now produced in Sweden *

Twist (dance) The twist is a dance that was inspired by rock and roll music. From 1959 to the early sixties it became a worldwide dance craze, enjoying immense popularity while drawing controversies from critics who felt it was too provocative. It inspired d ...

, a rock and roll dance *

Twist (poker) Twist is poker jargon for a round with specific rules which is sometimes used in the poker variant stud poker. One can replace any round of (or add a round to) a stud poker game with a twist round, in which each player is offered the option to re ...

, a special round in some variants of stud poker *

Twist (ride) The Scrambler, Twist (in the UK), Twister, Cha Cha (in Australia), Sizzler, or Merry Mixer, is an amusement ride in which suspended riders spinning in cars experience centrifugal force, while spinning along two separate axes. Riders are seate ...

, a popular amusement ride, often seen on travelling funfairs *

French twist (hairstyle) A French twist is a common " updo" hair styling technique. It is created by gathering the hair in one hand and twisting the hair upwards until it turns in on itself against the head. It is then secured with barrettes, combs, hair sticks and/or ...

, a hair styling technique * Twist tobacco, a type of chewing tobacco *

Sail twist Sail twist is a phenomenon in sailing where the head of the sail is at a different angle of incidence from the foot of the sail in order to change the lift distribution with height. Twist is measured by comparing the angle of a straight line betwe ...

, a phenomenon in sailing *

Wing twist Wing twist is an aerodynamic feature added to aircraft wings to adjust lift distribution along the wing. Often, the purpose of lift redistribution is to ensure that the wing tip is the last part of the wing surface to stall, for example when exec ...

, a design choice in aeronautics