TWIST Copy link • TWISTv. Transitively, torquere (the proper word; PROP. and figuratively): flectere (to plait, braid, intertwine): obtorquere (to twist round, wrench). To twist together, connectere: inter se implectere: conjungere inter se atque implicare: to twist off, detorquere: to twist one’s neck, collum alicui torquere, obtorquere. Intransitively, se torquere or flectere: flecti.