twisting

Adjective

• marked by repeated turns and bends
  • a tortuous road up the mountain
    
  • winding roads are full of surprises
    
  • had to steer the car down a twisty track
    

Noun

• the act of rotating rapidly
  • he gave the crank a spin
    
  • it broke off after much twisting
    

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  tortuous , twisty , winding , voluminous , spin , twirl , twist , whirl , distortion , overrefinement , straining , torture