# Twist

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'''Twist''' may refer to:

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== In arts and entertainment==
=== Film, television, and stage ===
* [''Twist'' (2003 film)](/source/Twist_(2003_film)), a independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens's novel ''Oliver Twist''
* [''Twist'' (2021 film)](/source/Twist_(2021_film)), a modern rendition of ''Oliver Twist'' starring Rafferty Law
* [''The Twist'' (1976 film)](/source/The_Twist_(1976_film)), a film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol
* [''The Twist'' (1992 film)](/source/The_Twist_(1992_film)), a documentary film directed by Ron Mann
* [''Twist'' (stage play)](/source/Twist_(stage_play)), a 1995 stage thriller by Miles Tredinnick
* Twist, the main character on television series ''[The Fresh Beat Band](/source/The_Fresh_Beat_Band)'' and its spin-off ''Fresh Beat Band of Spies''
* [Oliver Twist (disambiguation)](/source/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'')](/source/Twist_(Only_Murders_in_the_Building)), a 2021 episode of the TV series ''Only Murders in the Building''
* [Jack Twist](/source/Jack_Twist), a character in the 2005 film ''Brokeback Mountain''
* Twist Morgan, a character in the television series ''[Spaced](/source/Spaced)''

=== Music ===
* [''Twist'' (album)](/source/Twist_(album)), a 1994 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn
* [''The Twist'' (album)](/source/The_Twist_(album)), a 1984 album by Danish indiepop band Gangway
* ["The Twist" (song)](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Fat_Boys)
* ["Twist" (Phish song)](/source/Twist_(Phish_song)), from the 2000 album ''Farmhouse'' by Phish
* ["Twist" (Goldfrapp song)](/source/Twist_(Goldfrapp_song)), a single from the 2003 album ''Black Cherry'' by Goldfrapp
* ''Twist'', an album by [Chris & Cosey](/source/Chris_%26_Cosey)
* "Twist", a song from the album ''[Unfinished Business](/source/Unfinished_Business_(Nathan_Sykes_album))'' by Nathan Sykes
*"Twist" a song from the album [A Hundred Days Off](/source/A_Hundred_Days_Off) by Underworld
*"Twist", the opener of the 1996 Korn album, ''[Life Is Peachy](/source/Life_Is_Peachy)''
* "Twisting", a song from the album ''[Flood](/source/Flood_(They_Might_Be_Giants_album))'' by They Might Be Giants
* [Twist (band)](/source/Twist_(band)), a rock band from Birmingham, England, UK

=== Other media ===
* [Twist ending](/source/Twist_ending), an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction
* [''Twist'' (magazine)](/source/Twist_(magazine)), an American teen magazine
* [''Twist'' (Cano novel)](/source/Twist_(Cano_novel)), a novel by Harkaitz Cano
* [''Twist'' (McCann novel)](/source/Twist_(McCann_novel)), a novel by Colum McCann
* [''Twist'' (Östergren novel)](/source/Twist_(%C3%96stergren_novel)), a novel by Klas Östergren
* [Twist (TV network)](/source/Twist_(TV_network)), an American television network
* ''[Oliver Twist](/source/Oliver_Twist)'', a novel by Charles Dickens, and its main character

==Finance==
* [Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team](/source/Transaction_Workflow_Innovation_Standards_Team) (TWIST), a non-profit financial industry standards group
* [Operation Twist](/source/Operation_Twist), an effort (in 1961, and again in 2011) by the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower long-term interest rates

==Mathematics, science, and technology==
* [Serre twist](/source/Serre_twist) on a graded module or projective scheme
* [Twist (mechanics)](/source/Twist_(mechanics)), the torsion of an object
* [Twist (differential geometry)](/source/Twist_(differential_geometry)), a geometric quantity associated with a ribbon
* [Twists of curves](/source/Twists_of_curves), a method of deriving related curves
* [Twist (rational trigonometry)](/source/Twist_(rational_trigonometry)), in Wildberger's ''Divine Proportions: Rational Trigonometry to Universal Geometry''
* [Twist (screw theory)](/source/Twist_(screw_theory)), in applied mathematics and physics
* [Twist (software)](/source/Twist_(software)), a test automation solution by ThoughtWorks Studios
* [Ellipse Twist](/source/Ellipse_Twist), a French hang glider
* [Twist fungus](/source/Twist_fungus) (''Dilophospora alopecuri'')
* [Twisting properties](/source/Twisting_properties), in statistics
* [Twist transcription factor](/source/Twist_transcription_factor), a gene protein

== People ==
* [Barry McGee](/source/Barry_McGee) (born 1966), also known as Twist, painter and graffiti artist
* [Leroy "Twist" Casey](/source/Leroy_%22Twist%22_Casey) (born 1973), disk jockey
* [Liz Twist](/source/Liz_Twist) (born 1956), British Member of Parliament
* [Susan Twist](/source/Susan_Twist) (born 1956), British actress
* [Tony Twist](/source/Tony_Twist) (born 1968), Canadian hockey player

== Places ==
* [Twist, Arkansas](/source/Twist%2C_Arkansas), a city in the United States
* [Twist, Germany](/source/Twist%2C_Germany), a municipality in Lower Saxony

==Sport==
* [Aerial twist](/source/Aerial_twist), an acrobatic maneuver in gymnastics
* [Twist lifts](/source/Twist_lifts), a type of lift in pairs figure skating

==Other uses==
* [Twist (cocktail garnish)](/source/Twist_(cocktail_garnish)), a decorative piece of citrus zest
* [Twist (confectionery)](/source/Twist_(confectionery)), a Norwegian bag of sweets, now produced in Sweden
* [Twist (dance)](/source/Twist_(dance)), a rock and roll dance 
* [Twist (poker)](/source/Twist_(poker)), a special round in some variants of stud poker
* [Twist (ride)](/source/Twist_(ride)), a popular amusement ride, often seen on travelling funfairs
* [French twist (hairstyle)](/source/French_twist_(hairstyle)), a hair styling technique
* [Twist tobacco](/source/Twist_tobacco), a type of chewing tobacco
* [Sail twist](/source/Sail_twist), a phenomenon in sailing
* [Wing twist](/source/Wing_twist), a design choice in aeronautics

== See also ==
* [Twisted (disambiguation)](/source/Twisted_(disambiguation))
* [Twister (disambiguation)](/source/Twister_(disambiguation))
* [Torque](/source/Torque)

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