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) ''Oliver Twist'' is a novel by Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist may also refer to: *Oliver Twist (character), the protagonist of Dickens' novel Films * ''Oliver Twist'' (1909 film), first adaptation of Dickens' novel, a silent film starring Edith S ...

, 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. Ja ...

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

Spaced ''Spaced'' is a British television sitcom created, written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and directed by Edgar Wright, about the (comedic and sometimes farcical and action-packed) misadventures of Daisy Steiner and Tim Bis ...

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 ''Grow Up and Blow Away'' is the third studio album by the Canadian indie rock band Metric. The album was recorded in 2001, but its release was delayed for years due to their record label, Restless Records, being purchased by Rykodisc. As the y ...

'' 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 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 o ...

* "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 Darren ...

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 with ...

'' * "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. Fi ...

, 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 its ...

, 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 du ...

, 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), a geometric quantity associated with a ribbon *

Twists of curves In the mathematics, mathematical field of algebraic geometry, an elliptic curve E over a field (mathematics), field K has an associated quadratic twist, that is another elliptic curve which is isomorphism, isomorphic to E over an algebraic closur ...

, 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 Sta ...

, in applied mathematics and physics *

Twist (software) Twist is a test automation and functional testing solution built by Thoughtworks Studios, the software division of ThoughtWorks. It uses Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Test-driven development (TDD) for functional testing of the applicatio ...

, a test automation solution by ThoughtWorks Studios *

Ellipse Twist The Ellipse Twist is a French high-wing, single-place, hang glider designed and produced by La société Ellipse of Étuz.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 43. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, ...

, 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 weight ...

(''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 distributi ...

, 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 (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 Nort ...

(born 1956), British Member of Parliament

Places

Twist, Arkansas Twist is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Cross County, Arkansas, 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 loca ...

, 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 aerial twist is an acrobatic flip that incorporates a 180° rotation during the peak of the flip's height. Gymnasts normally perform the twisting with the legs together to obtain a faster spin and more aesthetically pleasing execution. Tricksters ...

, an acrobatic maneuver in gymnastics *

Twist lifts Figure skating lifts are required elements in two disciplines of figure skating, pair skating and ice dance. There are five groups of lifts in pair skating, categorized in order of increasing level of difficulty. Judges look for the following when ...

, a type of lift in pairs figure skating

Other uses

* Twist (cocktail garnish), a decorative piece of citrus zest *

Twist (confectionery) Twist is a bite-sized confectionery produced by Freia (owned by Mondelez), primarily for the Scandinavian market. Twist is sold in bags, and each bag contains a variety of pieces, mostly consisting of chocolates with some sort of filling in the c ...

, a Norwegian bag of sweets, now produced in Sweden * Twist (dance), a rock and roll dance * Twist (poker), 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 seat ...

, a popular amusement ride, often seen on travelling funfairs * French twist (hairstyle), 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, a design choice in aeronautics