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twizzle

twizzle noun: a turning, twisting or spinning motion.

Noun

twizzle (plural twizzles)

  1. A turning, twisting or spinning motion.
  2. A figure skating maneuver that is a surface spin that travels across the ice.

Verb

twizzle (third-person singular simple present twizzles, present participle twizzling, simple past and past participle twizzled)

  1. To rotate, spin or twirl.
  2. To perform the twizzle maneuver.

Forms of twizzle

Noun
pluraltwizzles
Verb
third-person singular presenttwizzles
present participletwizzling
past participletwizzled
pasttwizzled

Origin of twizzle

Alteration of *twissel (“to double”), from twissel (“double, twofold”). More at twissel.

Words formed from twizzle

Questions about twizzle

What does twizzle mean?
Twizzle means a turning, twisting or spinning motion.
What part of speech is twizzle?
Twizzle can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of twizzle?
The plural of twizzle is twizzles.

Words near twizzle in the dictionary

  1. twixtbrain
  2. twixter
  3. twixters
  4. Twixtmas
  5. twizzies
  6. twizzle
  7. twizzled
  8. Twizzler
  9. Twizzlers
  10. twizzles
  11. twizzling

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