"twistings" in the noun sense
1. distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
2. spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl
the act of rotating rapidly
"he gave the crank a spin"
"it broke off after much twisting"
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