to twist; to wrench; to turn (a tap, switch, etc.)

to twist (a body part); to bend; to sprain

to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck)

to defeat easily; to beat

to make (a problem, design, etc.) intricate; to make peculiar; to make complicated

to manage to compose (a haiku, song, etc.)

Dated term

to wrap (a monetary gift) in paper

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

Transitive verb

to screw in

Transitive verb

to thrust into; to push into; to shove into; to squeeze in (e.g. a meeting)

Intransitive verb

to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor

to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

to twist; to screw; to wrench

to sprain

to become twisted; to grow distorted; to be curved; to bend

to get sulky; to sulk

to grow bitter; to become embittered; to become perverse

to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort

to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)

to get twisted; to get crooked; to get warped

to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become perverse; to become contrary

to become troubled; to become complicated; to become strained

managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money)

working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising; contriving

sprain; twist; wrench