Twist

Twist may refer to:

Twist (cocktail garnish), a decorative piece of citrus zest
Twist (comic), a comic by John Cook
Twist in screw theory in applied mathematics and physics
Twist (magazine), an American teen magazine
Twist (poker), a special round in some variants of stud poker
Twist (ride), a popular amusement ride, often seen on travelling funfairs
Twist (sweets), a Norwegian bag of sweets, now produced in Sweden
Twist ending, an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction
French twist (hairstyle), a hair styling technique
Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team (TWIST), a non-profit financial industry standards group
Twist fungus (Dilophospora alopecuri)
Twist tobacco, a type of chewing tobacco
Twist transcription factor
Twisting properties in statistics
Operation Twist, an effort (in 1961, and again in 2011) by the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower long-term interest rates

Fictional characters

Jack Twist, a character from the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain"
Alexander "Chimp" Twist, a minor character from P. G. Wodehouse
Oliver Twist, the leading character in the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens
Twist Morgan, a character in the Channel Four series Spaced

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 1960s hit single made famous by Chubby Checker
- Twist (dance), a rock and roll dance named after the song
"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 Fat Boys
"Twist" (song), from the 2000 album Farmhouse by Phish
"Twist" (Goldfrapp song), a single from the 2003 album Black Cherry by Goldfrapp
Twist (Chris and Cosey album), an album by Chris & Cosey
"Twist (KoRn song)", from the 1996 album Life Is Peachy by metal band Korn
"Twisting", a song from the album Flood by They Might Be Giants
Twist (band), a rock band from Birmingham, UK

Twist (film), a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist
Twist (stage play), a stage thriller by Miles Tredinnick
Twist (1995 film), a Hong Kong film