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twist (up) Slang

• v. place tobacco into a small rectangle of paper and make a cigarette by rolling the paper round the tobacco with a deft motion of the fingers and thumbs.

  See also: roll  twisting  

  • 1966  Smith twisted a cigarette for the old man and continued speaking gently, as he did so.
  • 1967  [He] smiled at her as he twisted up a [cigarette] with one hand. . . .