overtwist

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verb

To twist excessively.

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Meanings

verbovertwist (third-person singular simple present overtwists, present participle overtwisting, simple past and past participle overtwisted)

present singular third person overtwists · participle present overtwisting · participle past overtwisted · past overtwisted

  1. To twist excessively.
nounovertwist (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExcessive twist.

    With any great amount of overtwist, the yarn just kinks up and will not go through the orifice.

    1987, Paula Simmons, Spinning and weaving with wool, published 1977, →ISBN, page 96

Origin

From over- + twist.

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APA

overtwist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overtwist

MLA

“overtwist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overtwist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overtwist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overtwist.

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