
tweak | tweak: v. 1 pinch, nip, twitch, squeeze, jerk, grip: I do wish that adults would refrain from tweaking my nose, though it is pretty cute. --n. 2 pinch, nip, twitch, squeeze, jerk, grip: He gave her nose an affectionate little tweak.
twee | twee: adj. precious, sweet, sentimental, quaint, dainty, cute, mignon(ne), bijou: The tearoom atmosphere is a bit too twee for my taste.
twiddle | twiddle: v. 1 play with, twirl, fiddle (with), wiggle, juggle, toy with, fidget with, Colloq fool with, mess with, monkey with: Stop twiddling with the dial on that radio! 2 twiddle (one''s) thumbs. do nothing, be idle, idle or while away (the) time, waste time, bide (one''s) time: I sat there, twiddling my thumbs, while you were being entertained royally.
twig� | twig�: n. sprig, stem, shoot, offshoot, branchlet, stick, sucker, sprout, withe or withy, tendril: Gather up some dry twigs for kindling.
twig� | twig�: v. understand, grasp, fathom, get, comprehend, see, know, sense, divine, Colloq catch on, be or get or become wise to, tumble to, Slang rumble, dig: She twigged the situation at once but didn''t let on she knew.
twilight | twilight: n. 1 dusk, sunset, gloaming, sundown, half-light, crepuscule or crepuscle: We enjoyed dinner at twilight on the terrace overlooking the sea. 2 decline, wane, waning, ebb, downturn, down-swing, slump, decay, weakening, declination, diminution: Even at the twilight of his career, Jonas enjoyed the respect of his colleagues. 3 Twilight of the Gods. G�tterd�mmerung, Ragnar�k or Ragnarok: The world ends at the Twilight of the Gods, only to be born anew. --adj. 4 evening, crepuscular, dimming, darkening, darkish, darksome, shadowy, shady, dim, dark, obscure, sombre, gloomy, Literary darkling: The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn. 5 twilight zone. limbo: He lives in the twilight zone, unable to distinguish reality from fantasy.
twin | twin: n. 1 double, clone, duplicate, look-alike, counterpart, Slang ringer: I cannot distinguish these twins. --adj. 2 identical, matching, matched, duplicate, corresponding, look-alike: The bedroom had twin beds with pink covers. --v. 3 pair, match, yoke, join, link, couple, combine, connect, associate: Many towns in Britain are twinned with similar towns on the Continent.
twine | twine: n. 1 cord, string; rope, cable, yarn: Have you some twine for tying up this package? --v. 2 entwine, braid, twist, intertwine, curl, wreathe, spiral, wind, weave, interweave, encircle, wrap: Annette''s front door has roses twined all round it.
twinge | twinge: n. 1 stab, pang, cramp, spasm, pinch, stitch, (sharp) pain, prick, bite, gripe: I get a terrible twinge in my back when I lift anything heavy. 2 pang, pain: I felt a twinge of remorse at leaving.
twinkle | twinkle: v. 1 scintillate, sparkle, coruscate, glitter, shimmer, wink, flicker, glisten, glint, flash, fulgurate, spark, dance, blink, shine, gleam: The stars were twinkling in the icy black sky. Nicole''s eyes twinkled as she told me about Max''s latest success. --n. 2 twinkling, scintillation, scintillating, sparkle, sparkling, coruscation, coruscating, glitter, glittering, shimmer, shimmering, winking, flicker, flickering, glistening, glint, flash, flashing, fulguration, spark, sparking, dancing, blinking, shine, shining, gleam, gleaming, dazzle, dazzling: From far off, I caught the twinkle of the sun on car windscreens.
twinkling | twinkling: n. 1 (split) second, flash, twinkling or wink of an eye, instant, trice, Colloq jiffy, two shakes (of a lamb''s tail), tick: Liza called out, and in a twinkling, Joseph was at her side. 2 See twinkle, 2, above.
twirl | twirl: v. 1 spin, whirl, rotate, revolve, wheel, turn, gyrate, twist, wind (about or around): The windmills twirled in the breeze. Katherine absently twirled a lock of hair round her finger. --n. 2 twirling, spin, spinning, whirl, whirling, turn, turning, revolution: He was hypnotized by each twirl of the roulette wheel. 3 whorl, winding, convolution, spiral, helix, coil, volute: The pattern consists of interlocking twirls of green and brown.
twist | twist: v. 1 plait, braid, weave, entwine, intertwine, twine, interweave, pleach, splice, wreathe, interlace: She twisted together some daisies to make a garland for her hair. 2 distort, warp, contort, pervert, alter, change, slant, bias, colour, falsify, misquote, misstate, garble, miscite, misrepresent, violate; misinterpret, mistranslate, misunderstand, misconstrue: He twisted her words so that she seemed to be saying the opposite of what she intended. 3 wriggle, worm, squirm, writhe, wiggle: The little beggar twisted out of my grasp and ran for his life. 4 wind, snake, meander, turn, zigzag, worm, bend, curve: I lost sight of the stream where it twisted through the undergrowth. 5 wrench, turn, sprain, rick or wrick: I twisted my ankle on a faulty step. 6 twist (one''s or someone''s) arm. force, coerce, make, persuade, bully, Brit pressurize, US pressure: I didn''t want to go, but she twisted my arm. --n. 7 coil, spiral, skew, zigzag, dog-leg, turn, curve, angle, bend, bow, meander: The road is full of twists and turns. 8 interpretation, analysis, understanding, slant, angle, construction, construal; treatment, approach, version, variation: This book puts a new twist on the fall of the Roman Empire. 9 distortion, misinterpretation, contortion, perversion, warping, alteration, change, departure, bias, colouring, falsification, misquotation, misstatement, garbling, misrepresentation; mistranslation, misunderstanding, misconstrual, misconstruction: It was a twist of fate that brought us together again. She gave everything he said such a twist that he scarcely recognized his own ideas. 10 quirk, idiosyncrasy, crotchet, peculiarity, oddity, trick, eccentricity, incongruity, inconsistency, irregularity; weakness, flaw, fault, foible, failing: Owing to a twist in his character, he has developed a hatred of women. 11 round the twist. mad, crazy, insane, eccentric, Colloq daft, Brit round the bend, Slang nuts, nutty, bonkers, cuckoo, batty, off (one''s) rocker, Brit barmy or balmy: Kevin''s gone round the twist if he thinks I am going out with his sister.
twister | twister: n. 1 cheat, swindler, confidence man or woman, rogue, scoundrel, swindler, trickster, mountebank, deceiver, fraud, impostor or imposter, Colloq con man or woman, crook: This particular twister preys on the elderly. 2 tornado, cyclone, typhoon, hurricane, whirlwind; waterspout: The twister picked up my bicycle and dropped it in my neighbour''s garden.
twit� | twit�: v. tease, cajole, taunt, jeer (at), make fun of, banter, tweak, gibe or jibe, chaff, ridicule, mock; blame, berate, deride, scorn, contemn, censure, revile, reproach, upbraid; Colloq kid, pull (someone''s) leg: She never seemed to mind being twitted about her height.
twit� | twit�: n. nitwit, nincompoop, ass, ninny, ninny-hammer, fool, imbecile, blockhead, halfwit, idiot, simpleton, Colloq chump, moron, Brit silly billy, Slang dope, US and Canadian jerk: That silly twit told the teacher what we were planning.
twitter | twitter: v. 1 peep, cheep, tweet, chirp, warble, trill, chirrup, chatter: The birds twitter so loudly that they wake me every morning. 2 chatter, prattle, gossip, giggle, prate, titter, snicker, snigger, simper: I was embarrassed because my classmates always twittered when I did a recitation. --n. 3 peep, peeping, cheep, cheeping, twittering, tweet, tweeting, chirrup, chirruping, chirp, chirping, warble, warbling, trill, trilling: The twitter of the birds was driving me mad. 4 ado, bustle, excitement, flutter, dither, whirl, agitation, Colloq stew, tizzy: The girls were in a twitter of apprehension.
two-faced | two-faced: adj. double-dealing, hypocritical, duplicitous, dissembling, deceitful, Janus-faced, treacherous, dishonest, untrustworthy, insincere, scheming, designing, crafty, Machiavellian, sly, perfidious, lying, mendacious: That two-faced liar told you one story and me another!
