Meanings
plural Twixes
- A popular chocolate bar produced by the Mars company, consisting of two fingers of biscuit with other confectionery toppings and coatings (most frequently caramel and milk chocolate).
I even ate a Twix before bed each night, not once thinking about how many miles it would take me to run off the calories.
2015, Branch Kimball, My Eating Disorder: Thoughts During Sickness and Recovery2 more examples
Then—oh so casually—she was asked to select either a Twix bar or an apple, as thanks for her participation in the experiment.
2008, Cordelia Fine, A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives, page 173Seamus scrapes his chair back with an ear-splitting screech and dashes off to make a phone call to get the patient back to the department. I finish his Twix.
2017, Adam Kay, This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 9
Origin
Brand name, a blend of twin + sticks, since there are two biscuits of the product in each package.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Twix, Raider
- Twixchocolate bar
- Raiderchocolate bar
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Twix. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Twix
“Twix.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Twix. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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