contortion
Other forms: contortions
If you twist your body into a contortion, you might put one leg behind your ear, and clasp your arms behind your back. A contortion is a twisted position.
Yoga can feel like a series of contortions to beginners. People who twist their bodies into contortions professionally are called contortionists. In order to become a contortionist, you need to start with a lot of flexibility and a willingness to contort your body into uncomfortable positions. You then need a lot of practice. It is not easy to achieve a perfectly freakish contortion.
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a tortuous and twisted shape or position“the acrobat performed incredible contortions”
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synonyms:
crookedness, torsion, tortuosity, tortuousness
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type of:
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distorted shape, distortion
a shape resulting from distortion
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distorted shape, distortion
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the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
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synonyms:
deformation
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type of:
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change of shape
an action that changes the shape of something
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change of shape
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