Twist 442874 204074541 2008-04-07T21:18:09Z Onceonthisisland 3806853 {{wiktionarypar|twist}} {{TOCright}} '''Twist''' may refer to: * [[Twist (comic)|''Twist'' (comic)]], a comic by John Cook * [[Twist (physics)]], a [[force]] (causing twisting) * [[Twist (poker)]], a special round in some variants of stud poker * [[Twist ending]], an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction * [[Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team]] (TWIST), a non-profit financial industry standards group * [[French twist]], a hair styling technique * [[Twist fungus]] (''Dilophospora alopecuri'') * Twist, the oldest form of [[chewing tobacco]] * Alexander "Chimp" Twist, a [[P. G. Wodehouse minor characters#Alexander "Chimp" Twist|minor P. G. Wodehouse character]] * [[Twist (ride)]], a popular amusement ride, often seen on travelling funfairs * [[Twist (sweets)]], a Norwegian bag of sweets, now produced in Sweden == Music == * [[Twist (album)|''Twist'' (album)]], a 1994 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn * [[The Twist (album)|''The Twist'' (album)]], a 1984 LP by Danish indiepop band Gangway * [[The Twist (song)|"The Twist" (song)]], a 1960s hit single made famous by [[Chubby Checker]] and written and originally recorded by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters ** [[Twist (dance)]], a rock and roll dance named after the song * [[Twist (song)|"Twist" (song)]], from the 2000 album ''Farmhouse'' by jam band Phish * [[Twist (Goldfrapp song)|"Twist" (Goldfrapp song)]], a single from the 2003 album ''Black Cherry'', by British electronica duo Goldfrapp * [[Twist (Chris and Cosey album)|''Twist'' (Chris and Cosey album)]], an album by [[Chris and Cosey]] * "[[Twist (KoRn song)]]", from the 1996 album ''[[Life Is Peachy]]'' by metal band Korn * "Twisting" is a song by [[They Might Be Giants]] == Film and stage == * [[Twist (film)]], a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens's novel ''Oliver Twist'' * ''Twist'', a 1990 stage thriller by [[Miles Tredinnick]] *[[Jack Twist]], a character from the 2005 film ''Brokeback Mountain'' *[[Twist (musical)]], A Musical by Gila Sand and Paul Leschen based on Charles Dicken's "[[Oliver Twist]]" *''[[Twist (1995 film)]]'', a [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong film]] starring [[Simon Yam]] == People == * [[Barry McGee]] (born 1966), also known as Twist, painter and graffiti artist * [[Sean Twist]], Canadian author and freelance newspaper columnist * [[Michael Twist]], Canadian author and teacher * [[Leroy Casey]], a [[disk jockey]]. == Places == * [[Twist, Arkansas]], a city in the United States * [[Twist, Devon]], a hamlet in southwest England * [[Twist, Germany]], a municipality in Lower Saxony == See also == * [[Twisted]] {{disambig}} [[de:Twist]] [[nl:Twist]] [[ja:ツイスト]] [[fi:Twist]] [[sv:Twist]]