twisting
/ˈtwɪstɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The disreputable practice of selling unnecessary insurance to a customer in order to earn commission.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "She was oblivious of all around her, and her facial twistings and scrunchings were droll."
- "Tracing Emerson’s famous twistings and turnings, Mr. Poirier argued that even when he seemed most complacent […] Emerson cannot be taken at face value."
- "Engineers decided not to use hydraulics, to ensure there was no twisting or buckling to the 80-tonne girder structure."
- "Twisting benefits an insurance agent while damaging the customer. The agent benefits because the commission earned on the sale of a new health insurance policy is substantially higher than that earned on the renewal of an existing policy."
- "The mountain road is even more twisting than the valley road."