…a dance with a twisting movement of the body, popular in the 1960s…
…a small piece of plastic-covered wire, to be twisted around the neck of a plastic bag as a closure…
…an unexpected development in a book, film, television programme, etc.…
…a control operated manually by twisting, especially one serving as a handgrip for operating the throttle on a motorcycle or for changing gear on a bicycle…
…a locking device for securing freight containers to the trailers on which they are transported…
…pressurize someone into doing something that they are reluctant to do…
…deliberately make someone’s sufferings worse…
…the development of events outside a person’s control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power…
…have the ability to make someone do whatever one wants…
…mener qn par le bout du nez…
