writhe

To twist, wring (something).transitive

To contort (a part of the body).transitive

• Cicero (as I remember) had gotten a custome to wryth his nose, which signifieth a naturall scoffer.

To twist bodily; to contort one's self; to be distorted.intransitive

• The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was

To extort.transitive

A contortion.rare

The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot