Contortion

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  • n. The act of contorting, twisting or deforming something, especially oneself.
  • n. A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of twisting or wrenching, or the state of being twisted or wrenched; specifically, the act of writhing, especially spasmodically; a twist; wry motion; distortion: as, the contortion of the muscles of the face.
  • n. In surgery, a twisting or wresting of a limb or member of the body out of its natural situation; partial dislocation.
  • n. In vegetable teratol., an irregular twisting or bending of the stems or branches of plants, due to various causes, usually accidental.
  • n. In geology, the disordered attitude of irregularly folded stratified rocks.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
  • n. a tortuous and twisted shape or position
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    change of shape    distortion    distorted shape   
    Form
    contortionist   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    twisting    writhing    twist   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abortion    antiabortion    apportion    distortion    extortion   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rictus    involutions    restiveness    tensing    pucker   
     
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